Dzawo Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Dzawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 790 | 1:19,542 | 2,905 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dzawo (71) may also be a first name.
Dzawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dzawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dzawo is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dzawo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dzawo is the 424,566th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dzawo reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 71 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 790 people, or 1 in 19,542. In Zimbabwe Dzawo is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 32 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zawo | 89 | 61 | / |
| Dzavo | 80 | 197 | / |
| Zawoh | 80 | 60 | / |
| Zhawo | 80 | 43 | / |
| Zawou | 80 | 31 | / |
| Zawoo | 80 | 24 | / |
| Zawuo | 80 | 19 | / |
| Dzewo | 80 | 18 | / |
| Dzowo | 80 | 16 | / |
| Zawoy | 80 | 16 | / |
| Dzabo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Zahwo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Dzawa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zaawo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zaiwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dzabou | 73 | 631 | / |
| Dzawua | 73 | 152 | / |
| Dziawa | 73 | 20 | / |
| Dzouwo | 73 | 18 | / |
| Dzhabo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Dzhavo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dzavho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dzawah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dzaiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dzawau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dsawod | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dziewo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dzowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zaiwuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zaawou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zawa | 67 | 2,950 | / |
| Zavo | 67 | 235 | / |
| Zowo | 67 | 76 | / |
| Zewo | 67 | 54 | / |
| Dziowgo | 67 | 37 | / |
| Cawo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Dsawood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzaouha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzahawa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dzawo
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