Deborah Surname
Approximately 9,421 people bear this surname
Deborah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 2,215 | 1:6,136 | 908 |
| Nigeria | 2,008 | 1:88,219 | 6,158 |
| United States | 1,427 | 1:254,001 | 24,099 |
| Israel | 850 | 1:10,068 | 1,543 |
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Australia | 271 | 1:99,615 | 11,276 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Kenya | 222 | 1:208,018 | 14,946 |
| Indonesia | 213 | 1:620,888 | 49,115 |
| Syria | 179 | 1:107,827 | 3,438 |
| India | 143 | 1:5,364,094 | 131,111 |
| New Zealand | 140 | 1:32,345 | 5,645 |
| Canada | 97 | 1:379,851 | 33,859 |
| United Arab Emirates | 80 | 1:114,528 | 9,720 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| Jordan | 49 | 1:180,458 | 9,134 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Lebanon | 30 | 1:187,903 | 8,189 |
| Italy | 29 | 1:2,108,851 | 90,314 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Déborah (15) are calculated separately.
Deborah (1,832,397) may also be a first name.
Deborah Demographics
Average Deborah Salary in
United States
$41,226 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Deborah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deborah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Deborah (Arabic: ديبوراه, Hindi: देबोराह, Marathi: डेबोरा, Oriya: େଡେବାରାହ, Tibetan: གྲེ་སྦོ་ར་) is found most frequently in Chad. It can also be found as a variant: Déborah. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Deborah? popularity and diffusion
Deborah is the 54,089th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 773,543 people. The last name Deborah is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Deborah live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 24 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 357th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 1,832,397 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Chad, where it is carried by 2,215 people, or 1 in 6,136. Barring Chad it occurs in 90 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Deborah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Deborah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 47,567 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 709 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Deborah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Deborah surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Greek Orthodox (44%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Deborah last name are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.54% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Deborah earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 50.64% less than the national average, earning R 117,288 per year; in United States they earn 4.46% less than the national average, earning $41,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.35% less than the national average, earning $37,583 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deborah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah in the Tibetan language | ||
| གྲེ་སྦོ་ར་ | drébora | - |
| Deborah in the Hindi language | ||
| देबोराह | deboraha | - |
| Deborah in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡେବାରାହ | edebaraha | 50 |
| େଦେବାରା | edebara | 50 |
| Deborah in the Marathi language | ||
| डेबोरा | debora | 27.5 |
| डेबोराह | deboraha | 17.5 |
| देबोराह | deboraha | 17.5 |
| डेबरा | debara | 10 |
| देबोरह | deboraha | 7.5 |
| देबोरा | debora | 5 |
| देबोर | debora | 2.5 |
| देबुरा | debura | 2.5 |
| डेबराह | debaraha | 2.5 |
| दबोरा | dabora | 2.5 |
| डेबोरो | deboro | 2.5 |
| एमडेबोराह | emadeboraha | 2.5 |
| Deborah in the Arabic language | ||
| ديبوراه | dybwrah | - |
| دبوره | dbwrh | - |
| ديبوره | dybwrh | - |
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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
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- 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 Deborah
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