Dakau Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Dakau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Däkau (1) are calculated separately.
Dakau (92) may also be a first name.
Dakau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakau (Marathi: डाकवा, Oriya: ଡେକୗ) is found most in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as: Däkau. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,352,516th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Dakau occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Dakau live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 65 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 992,070th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 92 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,053,365. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakau in the Marathi language | ||
| डाकवा | dakava | - |
| Dakau in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡେକୗ | deka | 50 |
| ଡକଉ | daka'u | 50 |
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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 Dakau
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