Duduwa Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Duduwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duduwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria941:1,884,49767,423
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715

Duduwa (783) may also be a first name.

Duduwa Last Name Facts

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

Duduwa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Duduwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Duduwa reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Duduwa is also the 293,155th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 783 people.

The surname Duduwa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,884,497. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 26 percent are found, Adamawa, where 19 percent are found and Yobe, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dudduwa921/
Dauduwa921/
Duduwai921/
Doudouwa8666/
Duduwe8326/
Duduwo8312/
Duduba836/
Doduwa835/
Dudueva77161/
Duduvad775/
Duduvat771/
Duduvai771/
Dodouwa771/
Deudeuva711/
Doudouwe711/
Didiwa67502/
Dudubo6763/
Dudube6711/
Dudubi673/
Duduve671/
Dudiva671/
Dudieva62334/
Dudoeva6226/
Didiwai622/
Didiway622/
Doudoubou5384/
Doudouboy531/
Daudiewei531/
Dodowe50106/
Didiwo505/
Didiva504/
Doduva501/
Dodowo501/

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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 Duduwa
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