Dakane Surname
Approximately 19,760 people bear this surname
Dakane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 13,087 | 1:1,028 | 110 |
| Kenya | 4,979 | 1:9,275 | 1,189 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| India | 146 | 1:5,253,872 | 129,394 |
| Burkina Faso | 48 | 1:382,335 | 6,059 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Dakane (6,406) may also be a first name.
Dakane Demographics
Dakane Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Dakane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakane (Marathi: डकणे) has its highest incidence in Somalia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 27,196th most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 368,803 people. The last name Dakane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dakane are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Dakane is also the 82,135th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 6,406 people.
The surname is most frequent in Somalia, where it is borne by 13,087 people, or 1 in 1,028. Outside of Somalia this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 7 percent are found.
Dakane Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (91%) in Kenya.
Dakane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.72% less than the national average, earning R 76,704 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakane in the Marathi language | ||
| डकणे | dakane | 29.17 |
| ढ़ाकणे | rhakane | 14.58 |
| डाकणे | dakane | 12.5 |
| डकने | dakane | 9.38 |
| दकणे | dakane | 7.29 |
| दाकणे | dakane | 7.29 |
| ढाकणे | dhakane | 5.21 |
| दकने | dakane | 5.21 |
| दखने | dakhane | 2.08 |
| डाकने | dakane | 2.08 |
| ढ़ाकने | rhakane | 1.04 |
| दकाने | dakane | 1.04 |
| दाकाने | dakane | 1.04 |
| दाकाणे | dakane | 1.04 |
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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 Dakane
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