Dowera Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Dowera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 381 | 1:40,520 | 6,264 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dowera (17) may also be a first name.
Dowera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dowera is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowera? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 659,458th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Dowera reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Dowera is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.
Dowera is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 381 people, or 1 in 40,520. In Zimbabwe Dowera is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 51 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Dowera
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