Dakoyi Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Dakoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 342 | 1:517,961 | 25,616 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Dakoyi (29) may also be a first name.
Dakoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakoyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakoyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 802,733rd most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name Dakoyi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dakoyi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dakoyi is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 29 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 517,961. In Nigeria Dakoyi is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 66 percent reside, Niger, where 21 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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 Dakoyi
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