Dankes Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dankes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Dankes (18) may also be a first name.

Dankes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dankes (Russian: Данкес) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Dankes are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly found in: Washington, where 67 percent are found and Michigan, where 33 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 25 percent are found.

Dankes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dankes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dankes Last Name Statistics demography

Dankes earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhankes9255/
Dankese9224/
Dankess920/
Dankesse861/
Dances83298/
Dankis8359/
Donkes837/
Damkes831/
Danches7733/
Dancesh7732/
Danques773/
Donkeys772/
Dankeche715/
Doungkes711/
Danquest710/
Dancis67200/
Donkis6717/
Donces674/
Dancez671/
Donches6253/
Dhancis6248/
Danchez6211/
Danquis6210/
Donques622/
Donchess57121/
Doncques5720/
Danquist5713/
Donquest571/
Dainkich571/
Doncez502/

Dankes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dankes in the Russian language
Данкесdankes-

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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
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  • 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 Dankes
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