Dangida Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dangida Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dangida Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2051:864,11137,851
England41:13,929,515290,718
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dangida (41) may also be a first name.

Dangida Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dangida is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dangida.

How Common Is The Last Name Dangida? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,136,896th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dangida are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dangida is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 41 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 864,111. In Nigeria Dangida is primarily found in: Jigawa, where 45 percent live, Plateau, where 17 percent live and Kaduna, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Dangida
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