Deca Surname
Approximately 2,515 people bear this surname
Deca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,080 | 1:18,591 | 2,411 |
| Brazil | 414 | 1:517,088 | 19,419 |
| Philippines | 373 | 1:271,416 | 39,738 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Haiti | 111 | 1:96,251 | 4,721 |
| Belgium | 67 | 1:171,592 | 23,333 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Decă (185), Deça (8), Déca (2) & Dêca (1) are calculated separately.
Deca (679) may also be a first name.
Deca Demographics
Average Deca Salary in
United States
$57,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Deca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Deca (Hindi: डेचा) occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Decă, Deça, Déca or Dêca. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Deca? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 171,255th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,897,633 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 49 percent of Deca reside; 44 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 43 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 317,830th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 679 people.
The surname Deca is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 1,080 people, or 1 in 18,591. In Romania Deca is primarily found in: Dolj County, where 45 percent are found, Teleorman County, where 18 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 15 percent are found. Barring Romania it occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 16 percent are found and The Philippines, where 15 percent are found.
Deca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Deca has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Deca surname rose 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Deca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Deca last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Deca earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 34.13% more than the national average, earning $57,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.92% more than the national average, earning $54,613 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deca Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deca in the Hindi language | ||
| डेचा | deca | - |
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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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- 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 Deca
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