Degbesse Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Degbesse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Degbesse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degbesse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Degbesse occurs most in Benin. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Degbesse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,185,033rd most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Degbesse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Degbesse are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 287,100. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 44 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 36 percent are found and Zou Department, where 14 percent are found. Barring Benin Degbesse occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degboesse | 94 | 11 | / |
| Degbesseh | 94 | 2 | / |
| Deguesse | 88 | 9 | / |
| Dogbesse | 88 | 9 | / |
| Degbessi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Degbetse | 88 | 1 | / |
| Degbease | 88 | 1 | / |
| Degbase | 80 | 21 | / |
| Dogbese | 80 | 11 | / |
| Degbesi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Deghbes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dogbosse | 75 | 17 | / |
| Dagbessi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Deguisse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Deguessi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dogbasse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dogbossey | 71 | 20 | / |
| Dagboessi | 71 | 15 | / |
| Dequesses | 71 | 8 | / |
| Dogbossie | 71 | 7 | / |
| Degbetche | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dogbassey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deghbeche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deguise | 67 | 689 | / |
| Desquesses | 67 | 96 | / |
| Dogbesi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dogbase | 67 | 2 | / |
| Degueze | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Degbesse
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