Cognomen דווה (Dava 
, Douwe 
, דווה 
) , in the world, is a widespread surname. The cognomen דווה is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare surname, Mozambique, and Philippines. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Indonesia, and Philippines. Very seldom, דווה is the forename as well as the last name.