Danballa Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Danballa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Danballa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Danballa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Danballa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Danballa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Danballa? popularity and diffusion

Danballa is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Danballa are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most common in: Sokoto, where 52 percent live, Kaduna, where 38 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent live and Niger, where 4 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
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  • 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 Danballa
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