Dankeni Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Dankeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Tanzania1341:395,08728,090
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Dankeni (35) may also be a first name.

Dankeni Last Name Facts

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

Dankeni occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dankeni.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankeni? popularity and diffusion

Dankeni is the 751,291st most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dankeni live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Dankeni is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 35 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 35 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dankenie9310/
Dhankeni934/
Danckenie882/
Dankani861,053/
Donkeni86166/
Dankena8610/
Dankeny869/
Dankene864/
Dankoni863/
Dankini863/
Dhankani80666/
Dhonkeni8012/
Dankonni802/
Dankeine802/
Dankoini801/
Donkeeni801/
Dankanni801/
Donkena711,171/
Dankane711,015/
Donkini7167/
Donkene7118/
Danconi7117/
Donkeny713/
Dankone712/
Dankine711/
Deangkenay711/
Donkoni711/
Dankinet67867/
Dankaine6789/
Dhankane676/
Dhonkini675/
Dhonkena675/
Donkeena673/
Dankanne671/
Dankaney671/
Doonkena671/

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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 Dankeni
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