Dakana Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Dakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 352 | 1:153,914 | 17,385 |
| Liberia | 44 | 1:100,194 | 7,994 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Dakana (101) may also be a first name.
Dakana Demographics
Average Dakana Salary in
South Africa
R 105,192
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Dakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺧﻨﺔ, Marathi: डकाना, Oriya: ଡକନା) occurs most in South Africa. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 703,644th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Dakana live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Dakana is also the 940,641st most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 101 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 153,914. In South Africa Dakana is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent live, Western Cape, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 11 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Dakana Last Name Statistics demography
Dakana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.73% less than the national average, earning R 105,192 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺧﻨﺔ | aldkhnt | - |
| Dakana in the Marathi language | ||
| डकाना | dakana | - |
| Dakana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡକନା | dakana | 46.15 |
| ଡକଣା | dakana | 15.38 |
| ଡାକନା | dakana | 15.38 |
| ଡକାନା | dakana | 15.38 |
| ଡାକଣା | dakana | 7.69 |
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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 Dakana
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