Dankira Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dankira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Dankira Last Name Facts

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

Dankira (Oriya: ଦାିରା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankira? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dankira reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Dankira is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent live and Niger, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dankoira931/
Dankura86209/
Dancira8654/
Dankiri8627/
Dankire8611/
Dankera862/
Donkira861/
Dankurah802/
Dankerau802/
Dhankire801/
Dankuraa801/
Dankires801/
Dankeray800/
Dhancirah753/
Dankreo71763/
Donkiri7155/
Dankuro7112/
Dankere716/
Dankeri713/
Donkera713/
Donkire712/
Dangkreo6719/
Danchire6711/
Dankoyre675/
Danchiri671/
Dhancire671/
Dankoyro671/
Dankjrou671/

Dankira Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dankira in the Oriya language
ଦାିରାdaira-

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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 Dankira
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