Danker Surname

119,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Aruba

Danker Surname Definition:

For Dangar, q.v.

Danker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,3921:57,8347,478
United States1,0861:333,75630,177
Malaysia4171:70,7305,129
Brazil2901:738,18726,980
Netherlands1981:85,28914,176
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Australia631:428,50333,982
Russia571:2,528,475145,724
England321:1,741,18971,393
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Aruba231:4,499638
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Finland161:343,54424,270
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
France11:66,422,722504,397
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1051:478,27334,042

Danker (106) may also be a first name.

Danker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

For Dangar, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Danker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Danker (Russian: Данкер, Tibetan: སྒྲོན་དཀར།) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Danker? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 119,350th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,892,378 people. Danker occurs predominantly in Europe, where 46 percent of Danker are found; 41 percent are found in Western Europe and 41 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 915,176th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 106 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 1,392 people, or 1 in 57,834. In Germany Danker is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 28 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Beside Germany this surname exists in 50 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent live and Malaysia, where 11 percent live.

Danker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Danker has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,034 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Danker Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (50%) in Russia.

In The United States Danker are 23.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.45% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Danker earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 57.04% more than the national average, earning R 373,188 per year and in United States they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning $46,597 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dancker92308/
Dhanker92110/
Dankier9215/
Dankher929/
Danåker927/
Dankere926/
Dannker921/
Dankerd921/
Deanker920/
Dangker920/
Dankear920/
Dhankher86148/
Danckier866/
Dangkerd866/
Dangkert861/
Dancer835,410/
Donker834,958/
Dankir83229/
Dankre831/
Daungkerd804/
Dankerová802/
Danckeart801/
Doncker77118/
Dongker7790/
Danquer7727/
Donkerd7722/
Deancer7721/
Dangcer7719/
Dancher7712/
Dankire7711/
Damkerd779/
Donkere779/
Dankirt775/
Dhankre775/
Dankjær774/
Dancear773/
Donkier772/
Dounker772/
Donkert772/
Dohnker771/
Damkert771/
Dankair771/
Danceer771/
Deunker771/
Dancerr771/
Donkher770/
Deinker770/
Donckier7127/
Dankoyre715/
Dongkerd712/
Dhankire711/
Dongkere711/
Doncer67190/
Dancre67108/
Dancăr6728/
Doungkerd6726/
Donkir672/
Domker672/
Daungkird671/
Deinecker671/

Danker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Danker in the Tibetan language
སྒྲོན་དཀར།drönkar-
Danker in the Russian language
Данкерdanker-

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