Datom Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Datom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
Datom (72) may also be a first name.
Datom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Datom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Datom is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Datom.
How Common Is The Last Name Datom? popularity and diffusion
The surname Datom is the 1,817,111th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Datom reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Datom is also the 1,143,416th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 72 people.
Datom is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 78 percent are found, Rivers, where 11 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 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 Datom
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