Dechas Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Dechas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Dechas (20) may also be a first name.
Dechas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dechas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dechas occurs most in Ethiopia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dechas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dechas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Dechas are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Dechas is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name globally, held by 20 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Apart from Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, where 10 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 Dechas
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