Dwar Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Dwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan491:656,1877,419
India331:23,244,406321,547
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Dwar (285) may also be a first name.

Dwar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dwar (Hindi: द्वार, Oriya: ାର) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dwar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,817,111th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Dwar reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 524,196th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 285 people.

It is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 656,187. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Kabul, where 27 percent reside, Paktia, where 22 percent reside and Nangarhar, where 18 percent reside. Not including Afghanistan Dwar exists in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.

Dwar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dwar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 54 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dwar Last Name Statistics demography

Dwar earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.63% more than the national average, earning $50,325 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhwar89138/
Dware89130/
Dwair892/
Dwear891/
Dwarz891/
Dwgar890/
Dhware8024/
Dwayre8022/
D'Ward806/
Dwhare802/
Dwaire801/
D'Wair801/
Twar75510/
Duar75177/
Dbar75158/
Dvar7563/
Dwor7520/
Dhwaare736/
Dehewar731/
Duart671,869/
Dhvar67479/
Twarz67122/
Duard6782/
Duare6765/
Dwore6747/
Ddbar6745/
Dweir6727/
Twair6726/
Htwar6718/
Dvare6717/
Duarh6715/
Tware6710/
Dhbar676/
Dhuar676/
Ttwar674/
Dbarr671/
Twarh671/
Dvgar671/
Hduar671/
Twhar671/
Duarz671/
Duajr671/
Dweyr670/
Dvear670/

Dwar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dwar in the Oriya language
ାରara-
Dwar in the Hindi language
द्वारdvara50
दारdara50

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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 Dwar
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