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
Average Dakar Salary in
United States
$93,908 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakar (Arabic: دكار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻛﺎﺭ, Hindi: डकार, Marathi: डकार, Oriya: ଡକର, Russian: Дакар, Tibetan: ཟླ་དཀར་) is found most frequently in Israel. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 239,727th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,363,800 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Dakar reside; 25 percent reside in West Asia and 20 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 229,828th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 1,190 people.
The surname Dakar is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 25,699. In Israel it is mostly found in: Central District, where 30 percent live, Tel Aviv District, where 29 percent live and Southern District, where 16 percent live. Outside of Israel this last name is found in 72 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 16 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Dakar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dakar has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dakar last name grew 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dakar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Dakar surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the 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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- 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 Dakar
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