Dakwai Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Dakwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
Dakwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dakwai is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dakwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dakwai reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dakwai is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 54 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 34 percent reside and Bauchi, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 30 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 Dakwai
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