Dankwana Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Dankwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Dankwana (18) may also be a first name.
Dankwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dankwana occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dankwana.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankwana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Dankwana reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dankwana is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 50 percent are found, Sokoto, where 35 percent are found and Bauchi, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dangwana | 88 | 93 | / |
| Dankwano | 88 | 16 | / |
| Dankwani | 88 | 5 | / |
| Donkwana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dangwamna | 82 | 18 | / |
| Dankwangi | 82 | 10 | / |
| Daungwana | 82 | 8 | / |
| Dangwanna | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dankwaine | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dankwanni | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dangwanga | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dongwana | 75 | 242 | / |
| Dangwani | 75 | 79 | / |
| Dangwane | 75 | 13 | / |
| Dankuani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Doungwana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dongwanna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dhongwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dangwange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dangwanno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Doungwanna | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dongwane | 63 | 10 | / |
| Dongbana | 63 | 4 | / |
| Dounggwanna | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dangbona | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dangbane | 63 | 1 | / |
| Doungvana | 59 | 3 | / |
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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 Dankwana
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis