Dakah Surname
Approximately 3,239 people bear this surname
Dakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,006 | 1:382,386 | 20,429 |
| Israel | 1,121 | 1:7,634 | 1,195 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Dakah (6,651) may also be a first name.
Dakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakah (Marathi: डकाह) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakah? popularity and diffusion
Dakah is the 138,172nd most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,249,937 people. The last name Dakah is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Dakah reside; 62 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 80,193rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 6,651 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 2,006 people, or 1 in 382,386. In India Dakah is most common in: Gujarat, where 92 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 8 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent reside. Barring India it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 35 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakah in the Marathi language | ||
| डकाह | dakaha | 98.8 |
| डकाहा | dakaha | 0.8 |
| दक्षा | daksa | 0.4 |
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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 Dakah
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