Dansofo Surname
Approximately 953 people bear this surname
Dansofo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 942 | 1:188,050 | 11,412 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dansofo (229) may also be a first name.
Dansofo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dansofo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dansofo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dansofo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 375,572nd most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,646,953 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dansofo are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dansofo is also the 593,349th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 229 people.
The last name Dansofo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 942 people, or 1 in 188,050. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 82 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria Dansofo exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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
- 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 Dansofo
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