Around the globe, داوان (Dawan 
, Dhawan 
, داوان) is quite a rare mostly masculine, but seldom female forename. The forename داوان is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently female name, Indonesia, where it is a rare male name, and Bangladesh. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Iraq, and Indonesia. More frequently, داوان is the last name as well as the forename.