Debena Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Debena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Debena (88) may also be a first name.
Debena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Debena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Debena is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Debena.
How Common Is The Last Name Debena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Debena live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Debena is also the 1,017,994th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 88 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Beside Ethiopia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 19 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 Debena
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