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 last name Dakoya occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dakoya is the 1,185,157th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dakoya live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 67 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 185,438. In Cameroon Dakoya is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 76 percent live, North Region, where 22 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon Dakoya occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 41 percent live and India, where 2 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 Dakoya
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