Decus Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Decus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 33 | 1:107,920 | 12,675 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Decuş (1) are calculated separately.
Decus (12) may also be a first name.
Decus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Decus is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Decuş. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Decus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Decus reside; 83 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 83 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 12 people.
The last name Decus is most frequently used in Moldova, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 107,920. In Moldova it is most common in: Rezina District, where 52 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 42 percent are found and Briceni District, where 3 percent are found. Beside Moldova it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found and The Bahamas, where 2 percent are found.
Decus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Decus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Decus last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Decus
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