Dowena Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Dowena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Dowena (58) may also be a first name.
Dowena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dowena occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. Dowena occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Dowena reside; 48 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 48 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 58 people.
Dowena is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 47 percent are found and Taiwan, where 3 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 Dowena
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