Dankau Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Dankau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
Dankau (23) may also be a first name.
Dankau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dankau is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Dankau is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Dankau live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 23 people.
The last name Dankau is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria Dankau is most common in: Jigawa, where 53 percent reside, Plateau, where 20 percent reside and Zamfara, where 19 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 34 percent reside and Denmark, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Dankau
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