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 most common in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Decanha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decanha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Decanha is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Decanha reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Decanha is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Decanha is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Decanha
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