Dowanu Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Dowanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Dowanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dowanu is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowanu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Dowanu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dowanu are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dowanou | 92 | 19 | / |
| Dowanus | 92 | 1 | / |
| Douwanou | 86 | 28 | / |
| Dewanu | 83 | 40 | / |
| Dowenu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Dovanu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Duwanu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dawanu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dobanu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dobeanu | 77 | 171 | / |
| Dawanau | 77 | 12 | / |
| Dawanou | 77 | 11 | / |
| Duwangu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Duwhanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dewannou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Dabanu | 67 | 503 | / |
| Davanu | 67 | 240 | / |
| Dewenu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Douvangou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Davonu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Devanu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dewonu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dovonu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dabonu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dawenu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dowanu
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