Danye Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Danye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Danye (291) may also be a first name.
Danye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Danye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Danye (Russian: Даные) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Danye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,310,135th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. Danye occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Danye are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 517,703rd most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 291 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria Danye is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 26 percent reside, Zamfara, where 24 percent reside and Adamawa, where 20 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Danye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Danye in the Russian language | ||
| Даные | danye | - |
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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 Danye
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