Dakayi Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Dakayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Dakayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakayi occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dakayi is the 1,604,449th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. Dakayi is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Dakayi are found; 61 percent are found in Central Africa and 60 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon Dakayi is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 28 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 26 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Dakayi
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