Danuma Surname

429,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Danuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Danuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8021:220,87613,042
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Danuma (590) may also be a first name.

Danuma Last Name Facts

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

Danuma occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Danuma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 429,044th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 9,064,112 people. The surname Danuma is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Danuma are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 344,405th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 590 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 802 people, or 1 in 220,876. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 21 percent are found, Niger, where 18 percent are found and Sokoto, where 17 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Danuma exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Danuma
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