Dankun Surname

263,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Dankun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1,4681:48,1195,583
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dankun (748) may also be a first name.

Dankun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dankun is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dankun is the 263,032nd most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,890,970 people. Dankun is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dankun reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 300,583rd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 748 people.

The last name Dankun is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 1,468 people, or 1 in 48,119. In Thailand Dankun is mostly found in: Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 69 percent live, Chaiyaphum Province, where 23 percent live and Bangkok, where 5 percent live. Apart from Thailand Dankun exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dangkun9214/
Dahnkun9212/
Dankkun921/
Dankune921/
Dankunne862/
Dahnkoun861/
Dancun83115/
Damkun83108/
Dankon8319/
Donkun831/
Dankoutin801/
Dongkun778/
Dahnkon777/
Dangkon775/
Donkhun775/
Damkhun774/
Dahnkum771/
Dancaun771/
Donkoun771/
Dankoum771/
Dongkhun7152/
Dangkoen7128/
Dohnkung719/
Daungkum713/
Dangkhum712/
Dounkoun711/
Dahnquon711/
Dongkeun711/
Donkon6713/
Dongkoung6712/
Dancon6710/
Dounkeung671/
Doncun671/

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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 Dankun
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