Dakota Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Dakota Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dakota Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia3521:43,9981,753
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
England31:18,572,686338,250
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Dakota (17,685) may also be a first name.

Dakota Last Name Facts

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

Dakota (Arabic: داكوتا, Russian: Дакота) is found most in Cambodia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dakota.

How Common Is The Last Name Dakota? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 722,496th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Dakota live; 88 percent live in Southeast Asia and 87 percent live in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 41,356th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 17,685 people.

The last name Dakota is most commonly held in Cambodia, where it is held by 352 people, or 1 in 43,998. In Cambodia Dakota is most prevalent in: Takéo Province, where 33 percent reside, Kampot Province, where 17 percent reside and Phnom Penh, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cambodia this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.

Dakota Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Dakota earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 46.71% less than the national average, earning R 126,648 per year and in Canada they earn 9.52% less than the national average, earning $44,952 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dakota Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dakota in the Russian language
Дакотаdakota-
Dakota in the Arabic language
داكوتاdakwta-

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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 Dakota
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