Duwes Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Duwes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duwes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Duwes (12) may also be a first name.

Duwes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Duwes occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Duwes.

How Common Is The Last Name Duwes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Duwes is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Duwes reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Duwes is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 12 people.

It is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia Duwes is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 100 percent are found. Beside Malaysia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 40 percent are found and Brazil, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Douwes911,591/
Duwest913/
Duwesh913/
Duiwes912/
Duwees910/
Duweysh831/
Duweiss830/
Duwez80899/
Dubes80544/
Dowes80110/
Diwes8025/
Duwis8017/
Duves803/
Douwuese771/
Duhweiss771/
Dowies73121/
Duives7373/
Duvesh7345/
Duyves7339/
Daubes7331/
Douves7326/
Dubesh7316/
Doewes7311/
Duwais734/
Diwesh734/
Dauves733/
Douwis733/
Dubeis733/
Dhuves733/
Deuves732/
Dubeys732/
Duveus732/
Doweis731/
Douwez731/
Dubejs731/
Dueves731/
Duvies731/
Diwees730/
Dujues730/
Doubes730/
Duvees730/
Dowess730/
Duijves6767/
Douveas6731/
Doowese6713/
Doweesh674/
Douvies672/
Duwaish671/
Doweish671/
Daubesh671/
Dutvesh671/
Deuvess670/
Dowiess670/

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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 Duwes
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