Dantonka Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dantonka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dantonka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1681:61,5217,570
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Niger31:6,397,33978,839

Dantonka (18) may also be a first name.

Dantonka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dantonka occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dantonka? popularity and diffusion

Dantonka is the 1,281,391st most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dantonka reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dantonka is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 18 people.

This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 61,521. In Benin Dantonka is most numerous in: Alibori Department, where 67 percent live, Borgou Department, where 24 percent live and Littoral Department, where 8 percent live. Barring Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Niger, where 2 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
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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 Dantonka
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