Dankama Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Dankama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 113 | 1:169,841 | 6,089 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Dankama (39) may also be a first name.
Dankama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dankama (Oriya: ଦାମା) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dankama.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dankama is the 1,484,726th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name Dankama occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dankama live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most common first name world-wide, held by 39 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 169,841. In Niger Dankama is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 73 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 14 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Niger Dankama is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dankamma | 93 | 6 | / |
| Dankamas | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dankaima | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dangkamma | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dankami | 86 | 21 | / |
| Dankoma | 86 | 15 | / |
| Donkama | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dankamo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dankema | 86 | 0 | / |
| Dankouma | 80 | 11 | / |
| Dankaimo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Dankomma | 80 | 4 | / |
| Dankomai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Damkamma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dankaime | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dankohmai | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dankamich | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dankome | 71 | 6 | / |
| Dancami | 71 | 3 | / |
| Dankomo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dancoma | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dankemou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dankomoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Donkouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dounkouma | 63 | 19 | / |
| Donkemo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Dancome | 57 | 1 | / |
| Dounkemo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Deancome | 53 | 0 | / |
| Doungkome | 50 | 1 | / |
Dankama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dankama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦାମା | dama | - |
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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 Dankama
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