Dankang Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Dankang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Dankang (7) may also be a first name.

Dankang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dankang occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankang? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dankang is the 7,593,402nd most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Dankang live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 7 people.

Dankang is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Dankang is most common in: Lagos, where 75 percent live and Plateau, where 25 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dangkang9364/
Dainkang930/
Daungkang8811/
Dankong863/
Donkang861/
Dangkong801,640/
Dhankanc806/
Damkeang805/
Deankong801/
Deamkang801/
Dongkang801/
Dangcang801/
Donkong7122/
Domkang712/
Doncang711/
Damkhong67427/
Dancoing6717/
Donkhong6710/
Dangcong676/
Dongcang671/
Danceing671/
Dounkeung631/
Duongquang591/
Doncong577/
Domkong576/
Domkamg571/
Deangkong5016/
Daungkong502/

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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 Dankang
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