Darkey Surname
Approximately 3,729 people bear this surname
Darkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 3,602 | 1:7,502 | 1,010 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Darkey (19) may also be a first name.
Darkey Demographics
Average Darkey Salary in
United States
$42,586 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Darkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Darkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Darkey (Russian: Даркей) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Darkey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 122,579th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,954,290 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Darkey live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
It is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 3,602 people, or 1 in 7,502. Barring Ghana this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Darkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Darkey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Darkey surname expanded 521 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 340 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Darkey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Darkey surname are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.33% registered with the political party.
The amount Darkey earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 34% less than the national average, earning R 156,840 per year and in United States they earn 1.3% less than the national average, earning $42,586 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Darkey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Darkey in the Russian language | ||
| Даркей | darkej | - |
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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 Darkey
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