Dectar Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Dectar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dectar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel171:503,39037,521
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dectar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dectar is held by more people in Israel than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dectar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Dectar are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

This last name is most frequently used in Israel, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 503,390. In Israel Dectar is primarily concentrated in: Central District, where 71 percent are found, Southern District, where 12 percent are found and Tel Aviv District, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Israel Dectar is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Panama, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dechtar922/
Dectear921/
Decstar921/
Dector831,721/
Dictar8324/
Dektar8323/
Degtar8318/
Decktor7749/
Dekhtar7714/
Dechtár776/
Dechťar773/
Degtayr772/
Dechtor772/
Dhector771/
Dejtear771/
Dejtair771/
Degtear771/
Dekhtard711/
Dictor67295/
Dektor6786/
Déctor679/
Degťar677/
Digtar671/
Degtarova671/
Deedsstarr632/
Dekhtarova631/
Deaktor6230/
Děchtař622/
Dictore621/
Dicktor621/
Dizhtar621/
Dicteur621/
Deagtor620/
Dichtear571/
Degťarová538/
Diktor5014/

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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 Dectar
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