Dw Surname

396,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 888 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Dw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia8281:159,72115,585
Pakistan401:4,466,09730,538
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dw (4,746) may also be a first name.

Dw Last Name Facts

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

Dw occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 396,862nd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,206,696 people. The surname Dw occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Dw are found; 91 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 91 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Dw is also the 99,356th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 4,746 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 828 people, or 1 in 159,721. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Java, where 45 percent reside, Central Java, where 18 percent reside and West Java, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 5 percent reside and Taiwan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dwe80170/
Tdw8035/
Dhw8030/
Dwh809/
Dvw808/
Dww808/
Dwf807/
Ddw806/
Hdw804/
Dwz803/
Dtw803/
Dhww6713/
Dwhe672/
Tddw672/
Hdwf671/
Dwff671/
Dwhh671/
Thdw671/
Tdhw671/
Tdvw671/
Tdww671/
Dttw671/
Dwfh671/
Dvwp671/
Dwch671/
Hddw671/
Hdwz671/
Hdwt671/
Dwsh671/
Hdvw671/
Gydw671/
Dhwt671/
Dhwh671/
Ddhw671/
Dddw671/
Ddww671/
Ddwt671/
Dgyw671/
Dwws671/
Dwwp671/
Dwth671/
Dwtd671/
Dwsj671/

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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 Dw
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