Dakeng Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Dakeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
Dakeng (229) may also be a first name.
Dakeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakeng is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakeng? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dakeng is the 1,849,867th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Dakeng live; 62 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 593,349th most common first name globally. It is borne by 229 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 334,985. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 58 percent reside, Centre Region, where 40 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Dakeng occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 31 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakoeng | 92 | 62 | / |
| Daykeng | 92 | 1 | / |
| Deakeng | 92 | 0 | / |
| Dahakeng | 86 | 28 | / |
| Daking | 83 | 172 | / |
| Dekeng | 83 | 46 | / |
| Daceng | 83 | 30 | / |
| Dokeng | 83 | 8 | / |
| Daiceng | 77 | 45 | / |
| Dakyong | 77 | 21 | / |
| Dacheng | 77 | 20 | / |
| Doukeng | 77 | 13 | / |
| Dakking | 77 | 10 | / |
| Dokkeng | 77 | 5 | / |
| Daaking | 77 | 5 | / |
| Deaking | 77 | 4 | / |
| Dhakenc | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dacking | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dakings | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dekoeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dacehng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dayking | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dokng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Deakings | 71 | 15 | / |
| Daicheng | 71 | 10 | / |
| Dokkieng | 71 | 6 | / |
| Dakingue | 71 | 2 | / |
| Deekaeng | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dackings | 71 | 0 | / |
| Daacking | 71 | 0 | / |
| Deking | 67 | 386 | / |
| Döking | 67 | 106 | / |
| Dacing | 67 | 59 | / |
| Deqing | 67 | 34 | / |
| Daqing | 67 | 30 | / |
| Doking | 67 | 9 | / |
| Doceng | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dacenc | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Dakeng
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