Dan Kaya Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Dan Kaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
Dan Kaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Kaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dan Kaya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dan Kaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Kaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Dan Kaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Kaya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dan Kaya is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Dan Kaya is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 50 percent are found and Zamfara, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Dan Kaya is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 44 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 Kaya
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