Dowere Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Dowere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Dowere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dowere occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Dowere click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Dowere live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
Dowere is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Madang, where 85 percent reside and Central, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Dowere
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