Dowuonah Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Dowuonah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dowuonah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Dowuonah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dowuonah is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowuonah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dowuonah is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Dowuonah reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Without taking into account Ghana this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dowuona937,449/
Dowona867/
Dowojna8013/
Doubona8013/
Dowouna805/
Dowoyna802/
Dowuana802/
Dowvona801/
Dowanah801/
Dawoonah755/
Dawonath754/
Douvouna752/
Doubouna751/
Dawonaha751/
Dawonauth71177/
Dowana7133/
Dovona7124/
Dobona7110/
Duwona716/
Dubona714/
Doubounai711/
Dawoonath711/
Dewona711/
Dawanah67210/
Duwanah6728/
Dabonah6717/
Dawoonauth6716/
Douwana679/
Doubana677/
Dabouna677/
Doibona676/
Doobana675/
Dowaana674/
Dowongo672/
Dawouna672/
Dewanah672/
Doboina671/
Dobonoh671/
Duwonga671/
Douvana671/
Dowojno671/
Duowana671/
Dovonaa671/
Dubanah671/
Dovonna671/
Dubonay671/
Devonah671/
Dhowana671/
Dowoney670/

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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 Dowuonah
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