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
Debena is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Debena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Debena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Debena are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 88 people.
The surname Debena is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Outside of Ethiopia Debena occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 19 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 Debena
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