Degena Surname
Approximately 1,514 people bear this surname
Degena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Degena (65) may also be a first name.
Degena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Degena (Oriya: େଦେଗନା) is found most in Ethiopia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Degena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Degena is the 259,625th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,813,439 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Degena live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Degena is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 65 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Aside from Ethiopia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Degena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Degena in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦେଗନା | edegana | - |
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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 Degena
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