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) occurs in Cambodia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dakota click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dakota? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 722,496th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname Dakota is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Dakota are found; 88 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 87 percent are found in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 41,356th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 17,685 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Cambodia, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 43,998. In Cambodia Dakota is most numerous in: Takéo Province, where 33 percent are found, Kampot Province, where 17 percent are found and Phnom Penh, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Cambodia it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

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
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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 Dakota
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