Dakar Surname
Approximately 1,670 people bear this surname
Dakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 333 | 1:25,699 | 3,762 |
| Algeria | 261 | 1:148,014 | 19,432 |
| India | 189 | 1:4,058,547 | 109,634 |
| Nigeria | 164 | 1:1,080,139 | 44,870 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Iran | 120 | 1:639,854 | 34,741 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Afghanistan | 52 | 1:618,330 | 7,160 |
| Liberia | 34 | 1:129,663 | 9,726 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Dakar (1,190) may also be a first name.
Dakar Demographics
Dakar Political Affiliation
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Dakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dakar (Arabic: دكار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻛﺎﺭ, Hindi: डकार, Marathi: डकार, Oriya: ଡକର, Russian: Дакар, Tibetan: ཟླ་དཀར་) occurs in Israel more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dakar is the 239,727th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,363,800 people. The last name Dakar is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Dakar live; 25 percent live in West Asia and 20 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 229,828th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 1,190 people.
The last name Dakar is most frequent in Israel, where it is held by 333 people, or 1 in 25,699. In Israel it is most numerous in: Central District, where 30 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 29 percent are found and Southern District, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Israel this last name occurs in 72 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 16 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Dakar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dakar has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Dakar last name grew 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dakar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Dakar surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.92% being registered with the political party.
Dakar earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 117.64% more than the national average, earning $93,908 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻛﺎﺭ | dkar | - |
| Dakar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡକର | dakara | 81.95 |
| ଡ଼କର | rakara | 12.03 |
| ଡାକର | dakara | 3.01 |
| ଡକାର | dakara | 1.5 |
| ଡ଼ାକର | rakara | 0.75 |
| ଡର | dara | 0.75 |
| Dakar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཟླ་དཀར་ | dakar | 50 |
| བྲག་དཀར་ | drakkar | 50 |
| Dakar in the Marathi language | ||
| डकार | dakara | 27.27 |
| डकर | dakara | 18.18 |
| ठकार | thakara | 18.18 |
| दाकर | dakara | 18.18 |
| िदाकर | idakara | 9.09 |
| डाकर | dakara | 9.09 |
| Dakar in the Hindi language | ||
| डकार | dakara | 22.22 |
| दकर | dakara | 22.22 |
| डक्अर | dakara | 11.11 |
| दकार | dakara | 11.11 |
| डकर | dakara | 11.11 |
| डाक्अर | dakara | 11.11 |
| डाकर | dakara | 11.11 |
| Dakar in the Russian language | ||
| Дакар | dakar | - |
| Dakar in the Arabic language | ||
| دكار | dkar | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dakar
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