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Where Does The Last Name Dada Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Dada (Arabic: ددا, Georgian: დადა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﺩﻩ, Hindi: दादा, Marathi: दादा, Oriya: ଦାଡା, Tibetan: དཱ་ད་) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Daďa, Dadá, Dadà or Dadâ. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dada? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Dada is the 3,436^th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,731 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Dada live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 5,452^nd most frequent first name worldwide, held by 192,011 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 117,923 people, or 1 in 1,502. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Ogun, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 88 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.

Dada Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Dada surname is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya, Sunni (55%) in Lebanon, Christian (77%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.

The amount Dada earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 0.58% less than the national average, earning R 236,256 per year and in Canada they earn 16.8% more than the national average, earning $58,029 CAD per year.