Dan Iya Surname
Approximately 1,692 people bear this surname
Dan Iya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,066 | 1:166,175 | 10,362 |
| Niger | 626 | 1:30,658 | 1,733 |
Dan Iya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Iya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dan Iya occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Iya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dan Iya is the 237,286th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,307,060 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Iya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dan Iya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,066 people, or 1 in 166,175. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 28 percent reside, Kano, where 16 percent reside and Bauchi, where 15 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 37 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 Dan Iya
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