Dan Nana Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Dan Nana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 505 | 1:350,778 | 18,947 |
| Niger | 325 | 1:59,052 | 2,832 |
Dan Nana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Nana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dan Nana is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Nana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dan Nana is the 418,547th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. Dan Nana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Nana reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 350,778. In Nigeria Dan Nana is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 74 percent live, Zamfara, where 23 percent live and Kano, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 39 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 Nana
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