Dankwah Surname

39,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Dankwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankwah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana13,0231:2,075340
United States1481:2,449,047150,246
England961:580,39635,131
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Norway81:642,78647,258
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
China21:683,660,78330,601
France21:33,211,361423,184
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Dankwah (903) may also be a first name.

Dankwah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dankwah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankwah? popularity and diffusion

Dankwah is the 39,350th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 546,170 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dankwah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankwah is also the 270,077th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 903 people.

The surname is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 13,023 people, or 1 in 2,075. Not including Ghana Dankwah occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Dankwah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dankwah surname are 6.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.13% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dankwah earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 27.34% less than the national average, earning 251,478 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.58% less than the national average, earning $35,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.82% less than the national average, earning $47,786 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dankwaah931/
Dankwa9217,525/
Dankwaa86358/
Dankwai8619/
Dangwah8614/
Dankwad861/
Dangkwat8043/
Dankwaai801/
Dhankwad801/
Dangwa771,250/
Dankwo7710/
Dankua776/
Donkwa774/
Danqwa771/
Dahnkuaha751/
Dankwaidt750/
Danquah7148,352/
Dangkua71475/
Dhangwa7197/
Dangwai7146/
Dankwoi7115/
Dangwas7112/
Dangway7111/
Dangbah7110/
Danguah717/
Dhankua715/
Dangwat711/
Dangwaj711/
Danqwat711/
Dangwaa711/
Dahngwa711/
Dangwau711/
Donkwap711/
Dangwap711/
Dankuas710/
Dahnquah6718/
Dohngwah677/
Dasingwa671/
Dainquah671/

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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 Dankwah
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