Dechou Surname
Approximately 430 people bear this surname
Dechou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 213 | 1:108,316 | 5,514 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dechou (819) may also be a first name.
Dechou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dechou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dechou is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dechou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 688,723rd most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Dechou live; 48 percent live in North Africa and 48 percent live in Mahgreb. Dechou is also the 285,591st most commonly used first name in the world, held by 819 people.
Dechou is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 108,316. In The Ivory Coast Dechou is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent are found, Lagunes District, where 38 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast Dechou exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 47 percent are found and Benin, where 2 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 Dechou
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