Dankaba Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Dankaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dankaba (11) may also be a first name.
Dankaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dankaba is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dankaba is the 1,765,740th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dankaba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankaba is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria Dankaba is most common in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent live, Sokoto, where 5 percent live and Rivers, where 1 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dankhaba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dankabo | 86 | 253 | / |
| Dankabi | 86 | 17 | / |
| Dankoba | 86 | 13 | / |
| Dankabe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Dancaba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dangkoba | 80 | 8 | / |
| Dankabos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dankobo | 71 | 19 | / |
| Doncaba | 71 | 13 | / |
| Damkabo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Dancabo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Daungkampa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dancabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Donkava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dankoubi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Dankoova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Donkampa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dankhave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damkabee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Donkhampa | 63 | 7 | / |
| Donkampai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Donhkampa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dongkampa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Donkhampha | 59 | 9 | / |
| Donkhampai | 59 | 1 | / |
| Doncabe | 57 | 1,506 | / |
| Doncabo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Doncabi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Dankovi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Dankoová | 53 | 3 | / |
| Dongcabe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Doumkabi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Dankouvi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Dancavih | 53 | 0 | / |
| Donkonpai | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Dankaba
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