Dedech Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Dedech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
Dedech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedech Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dedech (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺩﺵ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedech? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Dedech is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Dedech live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 78 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 6 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 29 percent reside and Algeria, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dedech Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dedech in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺩﺵ | alddsh | 62.5 |
| ﺩﺩﺵ | ddsh | 25 |
| ﺩﺩﺍﺵ | ddash | 12.5 |
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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 Dedech
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