Degbe Surname
Approximately 18,498 people bear this surname
Degbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 11,655 | 1:622 | 35 |
| Benin | 4,668 | 1:2,214 | 267 |
| Ivory Coast | 996 | 1:23,164 | 1,677 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Nigeria | 272 | 1:651,260 | 30,529 |
| Liberia | 71 | 1:62,092 | 5,420 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Dégbe (1) & Dégbé (10) are calculated separately.
Degbe (1,448) may also be a first name.
Degbe Demographics
Average Degbe Salary in
United States
$15,950 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Degbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Degbe occurs most in Togo. It may occur in the variant forms: Dégbe or Dégbé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Degbe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,021st most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 393,964 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Degbe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Degbe is also the 205,021st most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,448 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Togo, where it is carried by 11,655 people, or 1 in 622. Other than Togo this surname exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found.
Degbe Last Name Statistics demography
Degbe earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.04% less than the national average, earning $15,950 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Degbe
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