Dantana Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Dantana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Dantana (107) may also be a first name.
Dantana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dantana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dantana is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dantana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. Dantana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Dantana live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dantana is also the 910,230th most widely held first name globally, held by 107 people.
Dantana is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 31 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 22 percent live and Nasarawa, where 16 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Niger, where 8 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 Dantana
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