Dankali Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Dankali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria891:1,990,36870,088
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Dankali (110) may also be a first name.

Dankali Last Name Facts

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

Dankali (Hindi: दानकली) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dankali.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankali? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dankali reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 110 people.

Dankali is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria Dankali is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 20 percent live, Zamfara, where 20 percent live and Taraba, where 18 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.

Dankali Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Dankali last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dankali Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dankali in the Hindi language
दानकलीdanakali-

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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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  • 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 Dankali
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