Dakup Surname
Approximately 3,157 people bear this surname
Dakup Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,101 | 1:57,124 | 4,296 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
Dakup (911) may also be a first name.
Dakup Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakup Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dakup is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakup? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 141,194th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,308,377 people. Dakup occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dakup are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dakup is also the 268,676th most common first name throughout the world, held by 911 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,101 people, or 1 in 57,124. In Nigeria Dakup is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 83 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found and Bauchi, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 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 Dakup
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