Dankum Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Dankum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Dankum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dankum is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dankum.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Dankum are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dankum is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Dankum is most numerous in: Taraba, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dankhum | 92 | 251 | / |
| Dangkum | 92 | 58 | / |
| Dahnkum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dankoum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dhankum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Daungkum | 86 | 3 | / |
| Dangkhum | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dankom | 83 | 1 | / |
| Damkhum | 77 | 251 | / |
| Dongkum | 77 | 5 | / |
| Dangkom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Duonkum | 77 | 0 | / |
| Doungkum | 71 | 41 | / |
| Duongkum | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dangkhom | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dounkoum | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dongkuum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Donkom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Daungkhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duongkhum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doungkhum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doomkum | 62 | 5 | / |
| Dongkom | 62 | 2 | / |
| Domkhum | 62 | 1 | / |
| Donkhom | 62 | 1 | / |
| Domkeum | 62 | 1 | / |
| Doungkom | 57 | 13 | / |
| Dhongkom | 57 | 1 | / |
| Doungcum | 57 | 1 | / |
| Doungkhom | 53 | 1 | / |
| Doncom | 50 | 50 | / |
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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 Dankum
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