Dua
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Dua is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old Albanian duo, from either: * Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or * *duām, from Pr.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 29K(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium1 in 56K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 102K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- Sources
- 219 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)
8,613 people
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old Albanianduo(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵeus-compare English choose“taste”(measured from records)
- Proto-Albanian*duēs-mi(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*dews-compare English tire“to lack”(measured from records)
From Old Albanian duo, from either: * Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or * *duām, from Proto-Albanian *duēs-mi, from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (compare English tire, Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”)).
Sources 2
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dua counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
8,613 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dua is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Akan, duawA, F. duiaba, ^(iiWv) j)^. n-, 1, a small tree, shrub. — 2. a small piece of woody stick, splinter, pr, 1431
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Akan, nh uea esi ho) from which new trees grow &c
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Swedish, to address (someone) with du (as opposed to a title or ni)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Kurdish, prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nkr, away from; in back of; after; back (of the body)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- André Duab. 1914BEBelgian lawyer and politician (1914-1978)
- Vera Duab. 1952BEBelgian politician (born 1952)
- Vinod Duab. 1954INIndian television presenter (1954–2021)
- Dua Salehb. 1994SDsinger
- Pami DuaGBeconomist (University of Delhi)
- Sumeet G. DuaUSresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 69 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 8.6K | #1,062 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #23,536 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 763 | #30,570 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 450 | #44,895 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 209 | #8,069 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 207 | #8,688 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dua mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Albanian duo, from either: * Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or * *duām, from Pr… Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- In which country does Dua have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 8.6 thousand people named Dua, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dua.
- How common is the name Dua?
- In India, the national register counted 8,613 people named Dua, about 1 in 154 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dua”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.