Dowele Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Dowele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Dowele (27) may also be a first name.
Dowele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dowele is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowele? popularity and diffusion
Dowele is the 1,551,568th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Dowele live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common forename internationally It is held by 27 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Dowele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dowele has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 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
- 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 Dowele
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