Dashira Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Dashira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Dashira (313) may also be a first name.
Dashira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dashira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dashira is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dashira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Dashira live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dashira is also the 496,565th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 313 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 42 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent live and Nasarawa, where 19 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 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
- 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 Dashira
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