Dandawa Surname

460,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Dandawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dandawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6101:25,3093,846
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Zambia261:609,61224,798
Niger191:1,010,10622,252
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Dandawa (45) may also be a first name.

Dandawa Last Name Facts

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

Dandawa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dandawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Dandawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 460,168th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Dandawa are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dandawa is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name globally It is held by 45 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 610 people, or 1 in 25,309. In Zimbabwe Dandawa is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 65 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.

Dandawa Last Name Statistics demography

Dandawa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

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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 Dandawa
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