Dechen Surname

163,317th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,660 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Dechen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dechen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,2721:603,03929,047
Bhutan8551:72194
Brazil2981:718,37026,318
United States1341:2,704,917162,137
France631:1,054,329115,549
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
China31:455,773,85521,925
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Déchen (1) are calculated separately.

Dechen (36,872) may also be a first name.

Dechen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dechen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dechen (Arabic: ديشين, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺷﻦ, Hindi: देचेन, Russian: Дечен, Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན་) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Déchen. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dechen.

How Common Is The Last Name Dechen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dechen is the 163,317th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,739,679 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Dechen reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 46 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 23,743rd most frequently used first name internationally, held by 36,872 people.

The surname Dechen is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 1,272 people, or 1 in 603,039. In India Dechen is most common in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 96 percent reside, Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent reside and Delhi, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Bhutan, where 32 percent reside and Brazil, where 11 percent reside.

Dechen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dechen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dechen surname expanded 1,675 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dechen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dechen last name are 11.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.86% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dechen earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 12.65% more than the national average, earning $48,607 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.99% less than the national average, earning $30,310 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Déchen941/
Dechene921,216/
Dechent92504/
Deachen92132/
Deichen92129/
Decheng9229/
Deechen9220/
Dechsen9217/
Detchen928/
Doechen925/
Deschen924/
Dechend924/
Dechhen923/
Deuchen921/
Dhechen921/
Dechean921/
Dechien921/
Dechein921/
Daechen920/
Decen91148/
Dechesne86549/
Dechenne86330/
Decheine8688/
Dechegne8636/
Detcheng8615/
Descheen867/
Deschien867/
Detschen861/
Dhechhen861/
Deachenn861/
Deahchen861/
Decheane861/
Decheing861/
Detchean861/
Deitchen860/
Dettchen860/
Deachean860/
Deuschen860/
Decaen83921/
Dechin83507/
Decken83463/
Decent83411/
Decoen83206/
Dachen83200/
Deshen83195/
Dochen8371/
Dehent8353/
Dichen8341/
Dehenn8333/
Dechem8318/
Dehgen8312/
Dekhen8311/
Deicen834/
Decuen832/
Detcen831/
Decenk831/
Dehken831/
Decien831/
Djehen831/
Deacen830/
Deutschen80101/
Deschenne806/
Decn802/
Deshchene801/
Deichendt801/
Decheting801/
Deecheang801/
Deitschen800/
Daichen77268/
Ditchen77238/
Deecken77205/
Deikhen77102/
Deachin7760/
Dechkin7752/
Dechêne7748/
Deicken7745/
Deschin7738/
Dichsen7733/
Dechine7725/
Dechina7719/
Dechène7719/
De'cent7714/
Deuhsen7712/
Decheim7711/
Deacken7711/
Diecken7710/
Daychen777/
Dechain777/
Detchin776/
Dicheng774/
Dachein773/
Decenne773/
Deching773/
Deccken773/
Dochien772/
Deykhen772/
Dischen772/
Dacheun772/
Desheen771/
Deshenn771/
Dechink771/
Deckent771/
Dychesn771/
Dedchin771/
Dechéne771/
Decoenn771/
Déchene771/
Dichene771/
Dachean771/
Dethten771/
Dechint771/
Dicehen770/
Dechoin770/
Deheenn770/
Degen7315,611/
Dejen739,695/
Dicen733,340/
Dhein731,914/
Decin731,104/
Deken731,087/
Dezen73520/
Dhene73353/
Desen73292/
Denhe73222/
Deene73121/
Dexen73104/
Deten73102/
Deşen7385/
Demhe7343/
Dhean7313/
Dehyn738/
Decem736/
Deihn734/
Decne732/
Deqen731/
Dekhn731/
Deenh731/
Deuhn730/
Dechaine711,105/
Deikhene7168/
Dequehen7149/
Detchina7128/
Doischen7123/
Deykhene7118/
Dechigne7117/
Doyschen7116/
Daicheng7110/
Deeching718/
Dischsen717/
Dittchen717/
Daichend716/
Detching715/
Deechkin713/
Deadchin712/
Duichene712/
Detchain712/
Deschina711/
Deschkin711/
Deiching711/
Dechhina711/
Dechynne711/
Ditschen711/
Daichent711/
Deschynk711/
Detchine711/
Dechinne710/
Dejean6713,825/
Dicken675,905/
Deeken672,140/
Decina671,933/
Dicent671,284/
Detsen671,146/
Deußen671,002/
Dekhne67991/
Dieken67889/
Diesen67807/
Dachin67484/
Deshin67339/
Daichendt67336/
Dhekne67313/
Detten67262/
Deesin67238/
Dessen67234/
Dequen67233/
Dochin67224/
Deisen67206/
Dekien67189/
Deagen67132/
Deshyn67120/
Deegen67100/
Detzen6799/
Deusen6796/
Dhegen6784/
Deaken6780/
Deteng6764/
Dichin6758/
Desuen6752/
Dishen6744/
Desent6743/
Deasen6739/
Deesen6738/
Dezzen6737/
Dhejne6736/
Deijen6736/
Dietschin6736/
Desien6735/
Deseng6735/
D'Hein6732/
Deschynck6724/
Deysen6723/
Dekken6723/
Déchin6719/
Dejhem6716/
Deycin6715/
Dicsen6712/
Dhen'e6711/
Dechinova6711/
Dehyna6711/
Deuzen679/
Dekhin679/
Decint679/
Duitschen678/
Deaten677/
Dhiken676/
Djehem676/
Dehsin676/
Deckne676/
Deygen675/
Deteen675/
Dheang675/
Dikhen674/
D'Hene674/
Ddheen673/
Dheene673/
Deckem673/
Dechim673/
Deckin672/
Dychin672/
Dechainne672/
Dheine672/
Deiten672/
Dexsen672/
Deezin672/
Deiken672/
Deyzen672/
Dejjen672/
Dicenc672/
Dicend672/
Deacin671/
Deeten671/
Dichhn671/
Deyten671/
Dheamn671/
Dhegne671/
Dhheun671/
Desend671/
Decuin671/
Deeina671/
Deejen671/
Deezen671/
Dehkne671/
Deigen671/
Deachaine671/
Deaxen671/
Desenn671/
Decing671/
Deazen671/
Diceen671/
Deucin671/
Deizen671/
Dehkin671/
De'zen671/
Decquenne671/
Dekoen671/
Dekuen671/
Diccen671/
Dichem671/
Dikeen671/
Dhisen671/
Dheïne671/
Dheenh671/
Dekenn671/
Deathsent671/
Deqeen671/
Dejsen671/
Deggen671/
Deicin671/
Diceng671/
Deekin670/
Deegin670/
Discen670/
Detenn670/
Degenn670/

Dechen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dechen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﺷﻦdshn-
Dechen in the Tibetan language
བདེ་ཆེན་dechen77.25
བདེ་ཆེན།dechen18.29
བེད་ཆེན་béchen1.86
འདེ་ཆེན་déchen0.83
བེད་ཆེན།béchen0.36
བདེ་ཆེནdechen0.34
འདེ་ཆེན།déchen0.23
བདེ་མཆེན་déchen0.17
བདེ་ཆེན་།dechen0.11
བདེ་ཚེན་détsen0.06
བདེ་མཆན་déchen0.06
བདེ་ཆན་déchen0.06
བདེ་མཚན་détsen0.06
བདེ་ཆེད་déché0.06
དམ་ཆོས་damchö0.04
བདེ་ཆེ་déché0.02
བདེ་མཚེན་détsen0.02
ཨྱོན་yön0.02
བདེ་ཆནེ་déchané0.02
བདེ་མཚེནdétsen0.02
རིན་ཆེན་rinchen0.02
བདེ་ཆེད།déché0.02
འདེ་ཆོན།déchön0.02
བད་ཆེན་béchen0.02
བདེ་ཆེན་མོ།dechenmo0.02
བདཻ་ཆཻནdaichain0.02
བདེ་མཆེན།déchen0.02
Dechen in the Hindi language
देचेनdecena60
देछेनdechena20
देचनdecana20
Dechen in the Russian language
Деченdecen-
Dechen in the Arabic language
ديشينdyshyn-

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