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 surname Degah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻛﺎﻩ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Degah.
How Common Is The Last Name Degah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,894,523rd most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Degah is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Degah live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Degah is also the 992,070th most common given name globally. It is borne by 92 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 97 percent live and West Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Degah occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
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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