Dantala Surname

70,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,034 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dantala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dantala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,4811:39,5323,167
India2,5201:304,39117,097
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Dantala (6,826) may also be a first name.

Dantala Last Name Facts

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

Dantala (Hindi: दांतला, Marathi: दंताला) is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dantala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 70,291st most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,036,046 people. The surname Dantala is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Dantala live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dantala is also the 78,876th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 6,826 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,481 people, or 1 in 39,532. In Nigeria Dantala is primarily concentrated in: Kano, where 20 percent are found, Plateau, where 14 percent are found and Taraba, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Dantala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (79%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dantala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dantala in the Hindi language
दांतलाdantala-
Dantala in the Marathi language
दंतालाdantala62.26
दंताळाdantala13.21
दन्तालाdantala9.43
धन्तालdhantala3.77
डंतालाdantala3.77
दंतालdantala1.89
दंताकdantaka1.89
दंताळdantala1.89
अिनलainala1.89

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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 Dantala
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