Degah Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Degah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Degah (92) may also be a first name.
Degah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Degah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻛﺎﻩ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Degah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Degah is the 1,894,523rd most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname Degah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Degah reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Degah is also the 992,070th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 92 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Degah is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 97 percent reside and West Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Degah occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Degah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Degah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻛﺎﻩ | aldkah | 50 |
| ﺩﻛﺎﻩ | dkah | 25 |
| ﺍﺩﻛﺎﻩ | adkah | 25 |
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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 Degah
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