Decanha Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Decanha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Decanha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decanha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Decanha is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decanha? popularity and diffusion
Decanha is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Decanha reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Decanha is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 17 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 Decanha
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