Dakaa Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Dakaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dakaa (38) may also be a first name.
Dakaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakaa (Marathi: डाकआ, Oriya: ଡାକଆ, Russian: Дакаа) is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakaa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dakaa is the 1,736,881st most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Dakaa live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most common first name on earth, held by 38 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Dakaa is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 92 percent are found, Lagos, where 5 percent are found and Ekiti, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Dakaa occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent are found and Iraq, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakaa in the Marathi language | ||
| डाकआ | daka'a | - |
| Dakaa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡାକଆ | daka'a | 75 |
| ଡ଼କାଆ | raka'a | 25 |
| Dakaa in the Russian language | ||
| Дакаа | dakaa | - |
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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
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- 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 Dakaa
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