Dakia Surname

477,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 699 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Dakia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dakia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast2451:94,1684,936
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Tanzania641:827,21343,161
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
India311:24,744,045333,161
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Dakia (405) may also be a first name.

Dakia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dakia (Oriya: ଡକିଆ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dakia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dakia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 477,903rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,425,674 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Dakia reside; 29 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 428,575th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 405 people.

The surname Dakia is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 94,168. In The Ivory Coast Dakia is most common in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 44 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 36 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dakhia911,177/
Daikia9150/
Dakiah917/
Dhakia912/
Dakiha911/
Dackias8354/
Daykiah8315/
Dakijay8314/
Dakihas834/
Dakuiya833/
Dashkia831/
Deakias831/
Dakio804,047/
Dakya8096/
Dokia8045/
Dekia8043/
Daqia804/
Dakhaiya774/
Dakhoiya771/
Dhokia731,005/
Doukia73415/
Dekhia7354/
Dachia7351/
Dookia7348/
Deekia7346/
Dhakya7331/
Duokia7324/
Dackio7312/
Dehkia7312/
Dakyas7311/
Daquia739/
Daakya733/
Dokiah732/
Dokhia732/
Daykea732/
Dekiah731/
Dodkia731/
Dokija731/
Daakea731/
Dekija731/
Dakeha731/
Dakeah731/
Daqiad731/
Dakhya731/
Daukya731/
Daukea731/
Dakyah731/
Daquias6724/
Dakaiyo6714/
Dhakhya673/
Dookhia672/
Dookiah672/
Daykeah671/
Deaquia671/
Daquiea671/
Dakyapp671/
Dakayya671/

Dakia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dakia in the Oriya language
ଡକିଆdaki'a75
ଦକିଆdaki'a25

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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 Dakia
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