Dansani Surname

371,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Dansani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dansani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6421:275,92315,656
Burkina Faso2091:87,8092,965
India1051:7,305,385159,213
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Dansani (466) may also be a first name.

Dansani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dansani is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dansani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 371,590th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,544,043 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Dansani are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dansani is also the 394,651st most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 466 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 642 people, or 1 in 275,923. In Nigeria Dansani is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 45 percent reside, Zamfara, where 28 percent reside and Jigawa, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 22 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.

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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 Dansani
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