Dan Kani Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Dan Kani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
Dan Kani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Kani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dan Kani is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Kani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,683,218th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Kani live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is most common in: Sokoto, where 46 percent are found, Zamfara, where 28 percent are found and Kano, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Kani
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