Dankande Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Dankande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 254 | 1:697,412 | 32,206 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
Dankande (103) may also be a first name.
Dankande Demographics
Dankande Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Dankande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dankande is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankande? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 968,490th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dankande reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankande is also the 930,172nd most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 103 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 254 people, or 1 in 697,412. In Nigeria Dankande is most common in: Kaduna, where 44 percent are found, Zamfara, where 30 percent are found and Sokoto, where 15 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent are found.
Dankande Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (50%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dankhande | 94 | 8 | / |
| Dhankande | 94 | 2 | / |
| Dankanda | 88 | 13 | / |
| Dankandi | 88 | 11 | / |
| Damkande | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dankamde | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dankounde | 82 | 3 | / |
| Donkandet | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dangkamdee | 78 | 16 | / |
| Danhkamdee | 78 | 1 | / |
| Dankondi | 75 | 30 | / |
| Dankonda | 75 | 24 | / |
| Damkonde | 75 | 15 | / |
| Donkonde | 75 | 1 | / |
| Donkanda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dhankonda | 71 | 82 | / |
| Dongkamdee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhankondha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Donkondi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Damkhondi | 59 | 26 | / |
| Doungkomdee | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Dankande
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