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 is more commonly found in Togo than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Dégbe or Dégbé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Degbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,021st most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 393,964 people. The surname Degbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Degbe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 205,021st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 1,448 people.
This last name is most frequent in Togo, where it is carried by 11,655 people, or 1 in 622. Excluding Togo Degbe is found in 24 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
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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