Dowane Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Dowane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Dowane (23) may also be a first name.
Dowane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dowane is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dowane.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowane? popularity and diffusion
Dowane is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Dowane live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Dowane is also the 2,239,265th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,187,557. In Zimbabwe Dowane is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 46 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 46 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Dowane exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Dowane
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