Dandaso Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Namibia

Dandaso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dandaso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1011:1,753,88963,997
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113

Dandaso (56) may also be a first name.

Dandaso Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dandaso is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dandaso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,817,111th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dandaso live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dandaso is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 56 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria Dandaso is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 50 percent live, Gombe, where 21 percent live and Yobe, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 2 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 Dandaso
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