Dowale Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Dowale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Dowale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dowale is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Dowale reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Dowale is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 645,975. In Benin Dowale is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 75 percent are found and Zou Department, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Dowale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dowale has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dowale
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