Dakona Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Dakona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dakona (22) may also be a first name.
Dakona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakona is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakona? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Dakona are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Dakona is also the 2,301,746th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 22 people.
Dakona is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 576,919. In Cameroon Dakona is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 83 percent live, North Region, where 8 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 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 Dakona
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