Dakoya Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Dakoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 112 | 1:185,438 | 19,429 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dakoya (67) may also be a first name.
Dakoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakoya is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dakoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakoya? popularity and diffusion
Dakoya is the 1,185,157th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname Dakoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dakoya are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Dakoya is also the 1,191,548th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 67 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 185,438. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 76 percent reside, North Region, where 22 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 41 percent reside and India, where 2 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 Dakoya
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