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 occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dandawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 460,168th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Dandawa live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Dandawa is also the 1,504,468th most common first name world-wide, held by 45 people.

The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 610 people, or 1 in 25,309. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 65 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent live and Harare Province, where 12 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Zambia, where 4 percent live.

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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