Dakanou Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Dakanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Dakanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dakanou occurs most in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dakanou.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dakanou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 90 percent reside and North Region, where 10 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 4 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
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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 Dakanou
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