Duway Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Duway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 472 | 1:112,164 | 10,800 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Duway (21) may also be a first name.
Duway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Duway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Duway (Hindi: दुवाया) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Duway? popularity and diffusion
It is the 601,015th most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. The last name Duway is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Duway are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 472 people, or 1 in 112,164. In Tanzania Duway is mostly found in: Manyara Region, where 77 percent live, Arusha Region, where 19 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 5 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Duway Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Duway in the Hindi language | ||
| दुवाया | duvaya | - |
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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 Duway
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