Dankasa Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Dankasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 236 | 1:750,605 | 34,037 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Dankasa (121) may also be a first name.
Dankasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dankasa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankasa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,052,587th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dankasa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 848,089th most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 121 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 236 people, or 1 in 750,605. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 14 percent are found, Taraba, where 14 percent are found and Adamawa, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dankasai | 93 | 40 | / |
| Dankassa | 93 | 6 | / |
| Deankasai | 88 | 4 | / |
| Dankaza | 86 | 23 | / |
| Donkasa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dankaso | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dankasi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Daungkaisa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dancausa | 80 | 101 | / |
| Dankashe | 80 | 24 | / |
| Dankassi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Dhankaca | 80 | 7 | / |
| Dankasso | 80 | 6 | / |
| Dancajsa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dangkasi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dankassou | 75 | 76 | / |
| Dankassoi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dankaushe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dankahazi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Donkadsai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dancasi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dankazi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Doncasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dankoja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dancause | 67 | 1,156 | / |
| Dankesso | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dankhazi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dankacho | 67 | 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 Dankasa
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