Dankoma Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Dankoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Benin21:5,167,80184,334

Dankoma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dankoma is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankoma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dankoma live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Gombe, where 50 percent reside and Zamfara, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 20 percent reside and Benin, where 13 percent reside.

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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 Dankoma
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