Decana Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Decana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Decaña (1) are calculated separately.
Decana (35) may also be a first name.
Decana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Decana occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Decaña. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Decana live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 43 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Decana is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 35 people.
The surname Decana is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 16,873,037. In The Philippines Decana is most frequent in: Western Visayas, where 33 percent live, Bicol, where 17 percent live and Calabarzon, where 17 percent live. Not including The Philippines this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 14 percent live and Colombia, where 7 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
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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 Decana
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