Danso Surname
Approximately 94,152 people bear this surname
Danso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 82,156 | 1:329 | 35 |
| Gambia | 5,587 | 1:344 | 78 |
| Senegal | 2,088 | 1:6,982 | 313 |
| Guinea | 1,392 | 1:8,501 | 309 |
| United States | 755 | 1:480,078 | 40,678 |
| England | 721 | 1:77,279 | 8,706 |
| Spain | 285 | 1:164,042 | 11,860 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| France | 139 | 1:477,861 | 67,615 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Canada | 120 | 1:307,047 | 28,331 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 1:192,002 | 129 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
The alternate forms: Dansó (2) are calculated separately.
Danso (5,170) may also be a first name.
Danso Demographics
Average Male Danso Height
171.27 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Danso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Danso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Danso (Hindi: दन्सो, Russian: Дансо) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Dansó. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Danso? popularity and diffusion
The last name Danso is the 5,993rd most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 77,402 people. Danso is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Danso live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Danso is also the 94,213th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 5,170 people.
This last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 82,156 people, or 1 in 329. Not including Ghana it occurs in 67 countries. It is also found in The Gambia, where 6 percent reside and Senegal, where 2 percent reside.
Danso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Danso surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Danso earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.1% less than the national average, earning 228,069 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 242.62% more than the national average, earning R 814,200 per year; in United States they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning $41,929 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.58% more than the national average, earning $50,468 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Danso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Danso in the Hindi language | ||
| दन्सो | danso | - |
| Danso in the Russian language | ||
| Дансо | danso | - |
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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 Danso
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