Dakeye Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Dakeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Dakeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakeye is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakeye? popularity and diffusion
Dakeye is the 4,116,508th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dakeye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 73 percent live, Zou Department, where 23 percent live and Borgou Department, where 5 percent live. Barring Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent live.
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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 Dakeye
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