Degbai Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Degbai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Degbai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degbai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Degbai occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Degbai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Degbai live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Degbai is most frequent in: North Region, where 67 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 33 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.
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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 Degbai
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