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 last name Dowele occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dowele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dowele is the 1,551,568th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Dowele are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 27 people.
This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Not including The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Dowele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dowele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dowele surname declined 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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