Dech Surname
Approximately 1,990 people bear this surname
Dech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 967 | 1:83,253 | 10,513 |
| United States | 580 | 1:624,929 | 50,458 |
| Canada | 92 | 1:400,496 | 35,373 |
| Argentina | 73 | 1:585,526 | 41,795 |
| Taiwan | 46 | 1:509,668 | 3,834 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 235 | 1:213,697 | 18,312 |
Dech (364) may also be a first name.
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Dech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dech Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dech (Hindi: देच, Russian: Деч) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dech? popularity and diffusion
It is the 207,954th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 3,662,083 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Dech are found; 53 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Dech is also the 456,229th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 364 people.
The last name Dech is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 967 people, or 1 in 83,253. In Germany Dech is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 35 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Outside of Germany it occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
Dech Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dech has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dech last name expanded 247 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dech Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Dech surname are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dech earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 31.97% less than the national average, earning R 161,676 per year; in United States they earn 1.77% more than the national average, earning $43,914 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.23% more than the national average, earning $50,791 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dech Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dech in the Hindi language | ||
| देच | deca | 90 |
| देची | deci | 10 |
| Dech in the Russian language | ||
| Деч | dec | - |
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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 Dech
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