Datong Surname
Approximately 2,034 people bear this surname
Datong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,836 | 1:96,483 | 6,607 |
| Philippines | 81 | 1:1,249,855 | 96,172 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Datong (31,049) may also be a first name.
Datong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Datong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Datong is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Datong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 204,296th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,582,864 people. Datong occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Datong reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 27,182nd most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 31,049 people.
The surname Datong is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,836 people, or 1 in 96,483. In Nigeria Datong is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 88 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 2 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Datong
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