Dakinah Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Dakinah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 61 | 1:72,271 | 6,117 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Dakinah (247) may also be a first name.
Dakinah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakinah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakinah is found most frequently in Liberia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakinah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dakinah is the 2,273,756th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Dakinah reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Dakinah is also the 567,531st most numerous given name on earth, held by 247 people.
The last name Dakinah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 72,271. In Liberia Dakinah is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 67 percent reside, Bong County, where 15 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Dakinah
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