Debese Surname
Approximately 1,042 people bear this surname
Debese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 531 | 1:102,030 | 12,349 |
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Lesotho | 57 | 1:35,659 | 6,371 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Debese (10) may also be a first name.
Debese Demographics
Average Debese Salary in
South Africa
R 92,124
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Debese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Debese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Debese is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Debese? popularity and diffusion
The surname Debese is the 350,215th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,993,806 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Debese live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.
It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 531 people, or 1 in 102,030. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent are found, Western Cape, where 22 percent are found and Gauteng, where 12 percent are found. Besides South Africa Debese is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and Lesotho, where 5 percent are found.
Debese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Debese has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Debese Last Name Statistics demography
Debese earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.23% less than the national average, earning R 92,124 per year.
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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 Debese
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