Degne Surname
Approximately 1,930 people bear this surname
Degne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Burkina Faso | 266 | 1:68,993 | 2,629 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Degne (2,165) may also be a first name.
Degne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Degne (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻜﻦ) is found most in Ethiopia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Degne? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 213,360th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,775,931 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Degne live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Degne is also the 161,154th most widespread first name on earth, held by 2,165 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Barring Ethiopia this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Degne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Degne has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Degne surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Degne Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Degne in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻜﻦ | jkn | 66.67 |
| ﺩﻛﻨﻪ | dknh | 33.33 |
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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 Degne
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