Dankofa Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Dankofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Dankofa (11) may also be a first name.
Dankofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dankofa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dankofa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankofa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dankofa is the 3,185,033rd most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Dankofa live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankofa is also the 3,487,849th most common first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 32 percent live, Kano, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live.
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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 Dankofa
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