Dankade Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dankade Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1281:1,383,92853,929
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Dankade (32) may also be a first name.

Dankade Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dankade is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dankade.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankade? popularity and diffusion

Dankade is the 1,573,888th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Dankade occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dankade are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankade is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 32 people.

Dankade is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria Dankade is most common in: Bauchi, where 48 percent are found, Gombe, where 19 percent are found and Kano, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dankhade9331/
Dhankade935/
Dhankhade881/
Dankode8655/
Dankada8654/
Dankadi8647/
Dankede861/
Dankadai8098/
Dankaida808/
Dhonkade804/
Dankaada804/
Deankadi801/
Deankada801/
Dankhede801/
Dhankode801/
Dhankada801/
Damkader801/
Dhankhode752/
Dankoudje751/
Dhankhede751/
Donkada711,223/
Donkadi7123/
Dankodi716/
Dankedi715/
Dankoda714/
Dancadi713/
Dancède711/
Dankoudj67385/
Donkaada6741/
Deinkide6728/
Damkoude671/
Dankoudi671/
Dankouda671/
Deunkadi671/
Doumkadi531/

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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 Dankade
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