Dandidi Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Dandidi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dandidi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon681:305,42728,416
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dandidi (48) may also be a first name.

Dandidi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dandidi is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dandidi.

How Common Is The Last Name Dandidi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,967,751st most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dandidi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 48 people.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 305,427. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 91 percent are found, North Region, where 6 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Dandidi is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Dandidi
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