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
The last name Dowena is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,352,516th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name is primarily found 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 widespread first name world-wide It is held by 58 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Dowena occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 47 percent live and Taiwan, where 3 percent live.
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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 Dowena
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