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
The last name Duway (Hindi: दुवाया) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Duway? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 601,015th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The last name Duway occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Duway live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Duway is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 472 people, or 1 in 112,164. In Tanzania Duway is mostly found in: Manyara Region, where 77 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 19 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Duway
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