Dankou Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Dankou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Niger | 47 | 1:408,341 | 11,310 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Dankou (62) may also be a first name.
Dankou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dankou is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,140,742nd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dankou are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankou is also the 1,246,114th most common forename at a global level It is held by 62 people.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin Dankou is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 36 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 22 percent are found and Mono Department, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Dankou
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