Dantama Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Dantama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Dantama (58) may also be a first name.
Dantama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dantama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dantama is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dantama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,596,935th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dantama are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequent forename globally It is held by 58 people.
The surname Dantama is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 46 percent are found, Zamfara, where 41 percent are found and Kano, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dantamma | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dantamah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dantamau | 93 | 1 | / |
| Danthama | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dantamay | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dantaumma | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dantahama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dantema | 86 | 25 | / |
| Dantami | 86 | 9 | / |
| Dantamo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Damtama | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dantoma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dantouma | 80 | 3 | / |
| Donthama | 80 | 3 | / |
| Dantamou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dantomo | 71 | 14 | / |
| Dontema | 71 | 7 | / |
| Dantomio | 67 | 17 | / |
| Damtamou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Damtouma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dontomas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damthamit | 63 | 4 | / |
| Donthomas | 63 | 2 | / |
| D'Antuomo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dontomi | 57 | 3 | / |
| Domtouma | 53 | 1 | / |
| Damtoumi | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Dantama
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