Dantanko Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Dantanko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dantanko (18) may also be a first name.
Dantanko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dantanko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dantanko occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dantanko? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dantanko is the 2,106,139th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dantanko live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 39 percent live, Kano, where 34 percent live and Sokoto, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Dantanko
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