Decas Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Decas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 117 | 1:567,716 | 76,560 |
| Nicaragua | 115 | 1:52,357 | 1,452 |
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| Taiwan | 25 | 1:937,790 | 6,555 |
| Honduras | 16 | 1:551,028 | 3,526 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Décas (1) are calculated separately.
Decas (307) may also be a first name.
Decas Demographics
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Decas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Decas occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Décas. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 754,238th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. The surname Decas occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Decas live; 35 percent live in Central America and 35 percent live in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 502,288th most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 307 people.
The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 567,716. In France Decas is most prevalent in: Occitanie, where 42 percent are found, Normandy, where 21 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 15 percent are found. Aside from France this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Nicaragua, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 22 percent are found.
Decas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Decas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Decas last name rose 1,660 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Decas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Decas surname are 33.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.96% registered with the political party.
Decas earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.78% more than the national average, earning $49,525 USD per year.
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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 Decas
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