Dan Sama Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Dan Sama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dan Sama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Sama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dan Sama is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dan Sama.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Sama? popularity and diffusion
Dan Sama is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Dan Sama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Sama live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname Dan Sama is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,476,309. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Dosso Region, where 85 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 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 Sama
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