Dandada Surname

114,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,021 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dandada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dandada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,0001:44,2863,456
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dandada (310) may also be a first name.

Dandada Last Name Facts

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

Dandada (Oriya: ପଧାନ) is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dandada? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 114,921st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,812,372 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dandada live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 499,178th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 310 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,000 people, or 1 in 44,286. In Nigeria Dandada is mostly found in: Katsina, where 76 percent are found, Bauchi, where 7 percent are found and Jigawa, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

Dandada Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Dandada last name is principally Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dandada Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dandada in the Oriya language
ପଧାନpadhana-

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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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  • 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 Dandada
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