Dakung Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Dakung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
Dakung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dakung is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakung? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. Dakung occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Dakung live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria Dakung is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 96 percent are found and Enugu, where 2 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent are found and The Philippines, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Dakung
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