Dedach Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Dedach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 188 | 1:21,781 | 1,933 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Dedach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dedach (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺩﺍﺵ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedach? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dedach is the 1,227,038th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dedach reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 21,781. In Mauritania Dedach is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 63 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 12 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent reside. Beside Mauritania it exists in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dedach Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dedach in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺩﺍﺵ | ddash | - |
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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 Dedach
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