Dedeka Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Dedeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dedeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dedeka is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedeka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Dedeka reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Dedeka is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Dedeka
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