Doweh Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Doweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 145 | 1:30,404 | 2,906 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
Doweh (27) may also be a first name.
Doweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Doweh is most common in Liberia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Doweh? popularity and diffusion
Doweh is the 1,218,745th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Doweh live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 30,404. In Liberia Doweh is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 41 percent are found, Nimba County, where 28 percent are found and Margibi County, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Doweh
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