Dakye Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Dakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Dakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dakye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Dakye is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 82 percent reside, Kaduna, where 13 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 1 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 Dakye
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