Decinan Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Decinan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Decinan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines5321:190,29730,318
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

Decinan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Decinan is most common in The Philippines. It can appear as: Deciñan. For other possible spellings of Decinan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Decinan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 586,691st most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Decinan live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 532 people, or 1 in 190,297. In The Philippines Decinan is most common in: Central Visayas, where 36 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 14 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 11 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Decinan
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