Variants and similar surnames
Variants and similar names
Spellings to try when searching records, look-alike surnames that are probably unrelated, and the Hausa naming pattern the name appears to follow.
Possible spelling variants
Records may spell the name in different ways. These are search suggestions, not confirmed variants. When searching records, also try:
- Dan Gote and Dan-Gote: written as two words or hyphenated
- Ɗangote: with the hooked ɗ of standard Hausa spelling
- Dangoti: a similar spelling also found in the Forebears index
Look-alike surnames
The Forebears index contains several surnames that look similar, including Dangot, Dangod, Danggot and Dangodo. A similar spelling does not show a common origin. Some of these occur mainly outside West Africa and are very likely unrelated. Dangodo is a separate Nigerian surname recorded for a few dozen people.
The ɗan- naming pattern
Dangote probably belongs to the large group of Hausa names that begin with ɗan (“son of”). That is an inference from its spelling (see origin). Two well-documented examples of the pattern:
| Name | Built from | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Danjuma | ɗan + Juma’a | son of Friday, given to a boy born on a Friday |
| Danladi | ɗan + Lahadi | son of Sunday, given to a boy born on a Sunday |
Sharing the ɗan- prefix shows that names follow the same naming pattern. It does not mean the families are related.
Sources
- Forebears surname index, forebears.io/surnames/dangote.
- “Danjuma” and “Danladi”, Wikipedia.