Dechef Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Dechef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 127 | 1:90,525 | 14,046 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dechef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dechef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dechef is most common in Belgium. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Dechef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dechef? popularity and diffusion
Dechef is the 1,353,468th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname Dechef is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Dechef reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 90,525. In Belgium Dechef is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 86 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Belgium this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dechief | 92 | 195 | / |
| Decheff | 92 | 22 | / |
| Detcheff | 86 | 1 | / |
| Descheaf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dechev | 83 | 2,217 | / |
| Deceff | 83 | 12 | / |
| Deckef | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dochef | 83 | 1 | / |
| Decheb | 83 | 1 | / |
| Decheva | 77 | 2,283 | / |
| Docheff | 77 | 129 | / |
| Dacheff | 77 | 94 | / |
| Detchev | 77 | 35 | / |
| Deychev | 77 | 27 | / |
| Doychef | 77 | 2 | / |
| Deechev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deicheb | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dechiev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Decew | 73 | 191 | / |
| Decev | 73 | 61 | / |
| Degef | 73 | 41 | / |
| Dexef | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dicef | 73 | 4 | / |
| Deceb | 73 | 3 | / |
| Dejef | 73 | 2 | / |
| Desef | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dekef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Daychief | 71 | 95 | / |
| Detcheva | 71 | 29 | / |
| Deycheva | 71 | 26 | / |
| Doicheff | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ditcheff | 71 | 6 | / |
| Deicheva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Doycheff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dechkeaw | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dochev | 67 | 2,195 | / |
| Dachew | 67 | 2,094 | / |
| Dichev | 67 | 1,711 | / |
| Dachev | 67 | 1,524 | / |
| Deshev | 67 | 343 | / |
| Dychev | 67 | 117 | / |
| Deceva | 67 | 50 | / |
| Deseff | 67 | 34 | / |
| Deseuf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Dezhev | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dejcev | 67 | 6 | / |
| Deciev | 67 | 6 | / |
| Deachkeaw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dejeff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dekefe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Deczew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dechib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dishef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dezeff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Descev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deshew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doitcheff | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dechef
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