Dandago Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Dandago Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dandago Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2101:843,53737,160
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Dandago (60) may also be a first name.

Dandago Last Name Facts

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

Dandago is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dandago? popularity and diffusion

Dandago is the 1,092,155th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name Dandago is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Dandago are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dandago is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 60 people.

The surname Dandago is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 843,537. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kano, where 84 percent are found, Kaduna, where 4 percent are found and Zamfara, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dandango933,195/
Dandagou9313/
Dandangou883/
Dandogo86324/
Dandaga8666/
Dhandaga8034/
Dandanga807/
Dandougou75216/
Dandouggo751/
Dandoga71887/
Dondego719/
Dondaga714/
Dandega714/
Dhondaga67700/
Dondogoo671/
Dandouga671/
Dandeiga671/
Dandougga631/
Doundoungo591/
Dondoga572/
Dondega571/
Dondonga5316/
Dhondega532/

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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 Dandago
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