Dankure Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dankure Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria441:4,025,972113,480
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Dankure (21) may also be a first name.

Dankure Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dankure is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Dankure click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankure? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dankure live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankure is also the 2,368,944th most common given name worldwide, borne by 21 people.

The surname Dankure is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria Dankure is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 93 percent live, Kano, where 2 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dankoure9347/
Dhankure9325/
Dankur9221/
Dankour86432/
Dankura86209/
Dangkur8655/
Dankore8651/
Dankuri8626/
Dankire8611/
Donkure864/
Dhankur863/
Dankaur862/
Dankurt861/
Dankaura80175/
Dankoura807/
Dankhore806/
Dankouri801/
Dhankore801/
Dankuraa801/
Dhankire801/
Dankor7782/
Dancur7749/
Donkur775/
Dounkoure752/
Dankoor7151/
Donkuri7137/
Dancour7132/
Dankiri7127/
Dancurt7113/
Dancore7112/
Dankori7112/
Donkore717/
Danceur716/
Dankora714/
Dhankor713/
Donkire712/
Daankor711/
Dankhor711/
Dankorz711/
Dongkur711/
Dancourt67542/
Dhamkour6716/
Dankoroi671/
Dhankora671/

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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 Dankure
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