Degla Surname
Approximately 3,830 people bear this surname
Degla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,630 | 1:6,341 | 866 |
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Algeria | 78 | 1:495,276 | 36,958 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Dègla (3) are calculated separately.
Degla (3,873) may also be a first name.
Degla Demographics
Average Degla Salary in
United States
$21,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Degla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Degla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻛﻠﻪ) is most common in Benin. It may also occur in the variant forms: Dègla. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Degla? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 119,893rd most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,902,754 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Degla live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 112,758th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 3,873 people.
The surname Degla is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 1,630 people, or 1 in 6,341. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Collines Department, where 65 percent are found, Zou Department, where 14 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Benin it is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 41 percent are found and Egypt, where 9 percent are found.
Degla Last Name Statistics demography
Degla earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Degla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Degla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻛﻠﻪ | dklh | 50 |
| ﺩﻛﻞ | dkl | 50 |
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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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- 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 Degla
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