Dankabo Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Dankabo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 251 | 1:705,748 | 32,514 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Dankabo (165) may also be a first name.
Dankabo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankabo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dankabo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Dankabo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankabo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,006,539th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name Dankabo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dankabo are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankabo is also the 712,876th most common first name in the world It is held by 165 people.
Dankabo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 705,748. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 39 percent live, Kano, where 24 percent live and Jigawa, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 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 Dankabo
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