Dan Jah Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Dan Jah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 84 | 1:228,476 | 7,450 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Dan Jah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Jah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dan Jah is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Jah? popularity and diffusion
Dan Jah is the 1,980,395th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Jah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
It is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 228,476. In Niger it is most common in: Maradi Region, where 99 percent live and Agadez Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Niger this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
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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 Jah
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