Dankam Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Dankam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon691:301,00128,076
Nigeria401:4,428,569120,862
France91:7,380,302306,885
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dankam (11) may also be a first name.

Dankam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dankam is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankam? popularity and diffusion

Dankam is the 1,637,889th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. Dankam is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Dankam are found; 49 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 11 people.

The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 301,001. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 52 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and Far North Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Dankam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dankam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dankam surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dangkam9210/
Dankham928/
Deankam921/
Dhankam921/
Daungkam8616/
Dangkham868/
Daunkham861/
Dankaime861/
Dangkaim861/
Donkam8362/
Dankom831/
Dancam831/
Daungkham8010/
Daunhkham801/
Deangkham801/
Damkham773,587/
Donkham77441/
Dankome776/
Domnkam772/
Dongkam772/
Deunkam772/
Danquam772/
Dangkom771/
Dhamkam771/
Dankoum771/
Damkaim770/
Dongkham71132/
Doungkam7143/
Dangkhom712/
Damkkham711/
Dhongkam711/
Deinkham711/
Doungkham6794/
Damcam6733/
Donkom672/
Daungkhom671/
Duongkham671/
Doncam671/

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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 Dankam
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