Dagbe Surname
Approximately 1,358 people bear this surname
Dagbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 493 | 1:20,965 | 2,805 |
| Ivory Coast | 488 | 1:47,277 | 2,952 |
| Liberia | 273 | 1:16,148 | 1,680 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
The alternate forms: Dagbé (2) are calculated separately.
Dagbe (287) may also be a first name.
Dagbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dagbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dagbe is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Dagbé. Click here for other potential spellings of Dagbe.
How Common Is The Last Name Dagbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dagbe is the 283,643rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,366,381 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Dagbe reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dagbe is also the 522,011th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 287 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 493 people, or 1 in 20,965. In Benin it is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 42 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 16 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 11 percent are found. Besides Benin Dagbe is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent are found and Liberia, where 20 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dagbe
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