Dakaan Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Dakaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dakaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakaan is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dakaan.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakaan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dakaan is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Dakaan occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dakaan are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dakaan is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Dakaan is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 84 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Dakaan
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