Dakemu Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dakemu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dakemu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia911:48,4454,348
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897

Dakemu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dakemu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dakemu is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dakemu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,860,621st most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dakemu live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 48,445. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 64 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 29 percent reside and Bong County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dakamu8336/
Dakimu839/
Dekemu835/
Dokemu831/
Dakamau77734/
Dekehmu771/
Dekeamu771/
Dakhemouch751/
Dacamu674/
Docemu673/
Dokomu673/
Decamu671/
Decamou624/
Dekkamu624/
Dhacimu621/

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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 Dakemu
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