Dakkal Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Dakkal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Dakkal (30) may also be a first name.
Dakkal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakkal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dakkal (Hindi: दक्काल, Marathi: दफाल) is found most in Niger. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakkal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Dakkal reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 83 percent live and Dosso Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Niger this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dakkal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dakkal in the Marathi language | ||
| दफाल | daphala | - |
| Dakkal in the Hindi language | ||
| दक्काल | dakkala | 50 |
| डक्कल | dakkala | 50 |
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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 Dakkal
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