Dankyal Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Dankyal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Dankyal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankyal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dankyal occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankyal? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Dankyal reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 78 percent live and Lagos, where 22 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent live.
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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 Dankyal
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