Dankari Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dankari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1001:1,771,42864,453
India101:76,706,538639,611
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Dankari (31) may also be a first name.

Dankari Last Name Facts

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

Dankari (Marathi: दानकरी, Oriya: ଡାରୀ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dankari.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankari? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dankari is the 1,718,748th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Dankari is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Dankari reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 31 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria Dankari is most common in: Taraba, where 80 percent are found, Niger, where 12 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dankari Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dankari in the Marathi language
दानकरीdanakari-
Dankari in the Oriya language
ଡାରୀdari40
ଡାରିdari40
ରୀri20

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dankari
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