173.61 ^cm

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

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

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

This surname is the 3,436^th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 44,731 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Dada reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dada is also the 5,452^nd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 192,011 people.

The surname Dada is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 117,923 people, or 1 in 1,502. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Ogun, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 88 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.

Dada Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Dada surname is predominantly 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.