Dowood Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Dowood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dowood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan171:10,508,46449,949
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Dowood (23) may also be a first name.

Dowood Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dowood Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dowood has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowood? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Dowood live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Dowood is also the 2,239,265th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 23 people.

The last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,508,464. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 47 percent live, Sindh, where 47 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 6 percent live. Beside Pakistan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Dowood Last Name Statistics demography

Dowood earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dowod916/
Dowwoods863/
Dawood83400,497/
Dewood83105/
Dowoud834/
Dobood832/
Duwood831/
Doowod831/
Dhawood7747/
Dawoodh7712/
Daewood779/
Douwoud779/
Dawwood777/
Daawood774/
Da'wood771/
Daswood771/
Dauwood771/
Dawoodd771/
Dawhood771/
Ddawood771/
Dawod7323,901/
Dowad7344/
Dovod732/
Dowud731/
Dowot731/
Dewod731/
Dhawoodh713/
Dachwood710/
Dawoud6733,523/
Davood6720,475/
Dawuod67124/
Doiwad6752/
Dawwod6738/
Dawoed6712/
Dawoid677/
Daawod675/
Doewad674/
Dawodd672/
Dawoot672/
Dabood672/
Dowoit671/
Dawoodová671/
Dhaawoodh671/
Dewoid671/
Devood671/
Dewoot671/
Dewoud671/
Douwad671/
Dowaad671/
Daw'od671/

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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 Dowood
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