Dankan Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Dankan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dankan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1331:398,05728,212
Russia341:4,238,913201,756
India321:23,970,793327,222
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Moldova61:593,56136,655
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Dankan (863) may also be a first name.

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Dankan Demographics

Average Dankan Salary in
United States

$4,125 USD

Per year
Rank:
1,180,305 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.41835E-7
Rank: 1,179,004 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
9.56%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Dankan Last Name Facts

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

Dankan (Hindi: दनकन, Marathi: डंकन, Russian: Данкан) occurs most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 978,274th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Dankan live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Dankan is also the 277,131st most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 863 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 398,057. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mtwara Region, where 71 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 13 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.

Dankan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dankan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dankan last name decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dankan Last Name Statistics demography

Dankan earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 90.44% less than the national average, earning $4,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dankane921,015/
Dangkan92114/
Dhankan926/
Dankant922/
Dahnkan921/
Dankaine8689/
Dhankanc866/
Dhankane866/
Dangkhan861/
Daungkan861/
Dhankain861/
Dankanne861/
Dainkain861/
Dainkang860/
Dancan832,036/
Donkan83185/
Dankon8319/
Dangkahan80261/
Daungkang8011/
Dhankhand809/
Dhankaine801/
Dangkhanh801/
Dankanova801/
Dankassin801/
Dankangne801/
Dhaunkain801/
Dangkanhe801/
Dahnkon777/
Donkane776/
Dangkon775/
Danquan775/
Dongkan774/
Dancain774/
Dankone772/
Dancane772/
Donkant771/
Dancaun771/
Deankam771/
Dangcan771/
Donkang771/
Dancant771/
Dhankam771/
Dankhanova759/
Dhonkane7119/
Daungkam7116/
Dangkham718/
Damkeang715/
Dankasem714/
Donkasin713/
Dankeine712/
Doungkan711/
Deamkang711/
Deankong711/
Daunkham711/
Dangkaim711/
Dangcang711/
Daungkon711/
Dahnquan711/
Dahnkoun711/
Dahnkuon711/
Dongkand711/
Dancanne710/
Damcan6734/
Deangkong6716/
Donkon6713/
Daungkham6710/
Dancon6710/
Dangkasem672/
Daungkoon671/
Daunhkham671/
Deangkham671/
Dankoutin671/
Dancam671/
Dahnquahn671/
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Dankan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dankan in the Hindi language
दनकनdanakana-
Dankan in the Marathi language
डंकनdankana83.33
डािनलdainala11.11
डंकनावतीdankanavati5.56
Dankan in the Russian language
Данканdankan-

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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 Dankan
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