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.
Dech Demographics
Average Dech Salary in
United States
$43,914 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dech Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dech (Hindi: देच, Russian: Деч) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dech? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dech is the 207,954th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,662,083 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 numerous forename globally. It is borne by 364 people.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 967 people, or 1 in 83,253. In Germany it is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 35 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists 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 frequency of Dech has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dech last name increased 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the political 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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