Dakwan Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dakwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dakwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1521:1,165,41347,471
Indonesia591:2,241,512136,522
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633

Dakwan (193) may also be a first name.

Dakwan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dakwan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dakwan is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Dakwan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dakwan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,118,459th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Dakwan reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 653,740th most common first name world-wide, borne by 193 people.

The last name Dakwan is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria Dakwan is mostly found in: Plateau, where 59 percent live, Cross River, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Iraq, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dankwan9255/
Dakwaan9235/
Dhakwan928/
Dakwane924/
Dakhwan923/
Dangkwan861/
Dahnkwan861/
Dagwan83225/
Daqwan835/
Dakuan833/
Dekwan832/
Dakwon832/
Daungkwan801/
Daqwain77181/
Dagwaan7755/
Doekwan7749/
Dankuan7715/
Dokwane7710/
Dagkuan777/
Dokwain771/
Dagwain771/
Daikwon771/
Daegwan771/
Dakwein771/
Dookwan771/
Dhokwane7114/
Deangwan712/
Doekwaan711/
Doukwang711/
Daugwane711/
Dankuahn711/
Deakewon711/
Dahakuan711/
Dagban67932/
Dacuan67443/
Daguan67336/
Dagwam6778/
Dakwom6765/
Doungkwan6751/
Daquan6727/
Dagvan674/
Dekuan672/
Degwan672/
Daygwhane671/
Dogwan671/
Dagwon671/
Daugwaine670/

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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
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  • 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 Dakwan
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