Dakas Surname
Approximately 944 people bear this surname
Dakas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 628 | 1:282,074 | 15,929 |
| Greece | 97 | 1:114,225 | 19,199 |
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Dakas (351) may also be a first name.
Dakas Demographics
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Dakas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakas (Arabic: ديقس, Hindi: दकास, Marathi: डकास, Oriya: ଡାକାସ, Russian: Дакас) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 378,348th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,719,858 people. The last name Dakas occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Dakas reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 465,148th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 351 people.
Dakas is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 282,074. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 91 percent are found, Bauchi, where 3 percent are found and Kaduna, where 2 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Dakas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Dakas last name are 9.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.
Dakas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.89% less than the national average, earning $39,744 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakas in the Hindi language | ||
| दकास | dakasa | - |
| Dakas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡାକାସ | dakasa | - |
| Dakas in the Marathi language | ||
| डकास | dakasa | - |
| Dakas in the Russian language | ||
| Дакас | dakas | - |
| Dakas in the Arabic language | ||
| ديقس | dyqs | - |
| داكس | daks | - |
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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 Dakas
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