Dantawaye Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Dantawaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dantawaye Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria861:2,059,80071,823
Niger401:479,80012,724

Dantawaye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dantawaye is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dantawaye.

How Common Is The Last Name Dantawaye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,604,449th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dantawaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Dantawaye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria Dantawaye is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 74 percent live, Sokoto, where 19 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 32 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Dantabei711/
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Dhantowai671/
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Dantowou592/
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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 Dantawaye
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