Degue Surname
Approximately 3,437 people bear this surname
Degue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,766 | 1:5,853 | 781 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Argentina | 95 | 1:449,931 | 33,821 |
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Degue (477) may also be a first name.
Degue Demographics
Average Degue Salary in
United States
$28,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Degue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degue Come From? nationality or country of origin
Degue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻚ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Degue click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Degue? popularity and diffusion
Degue is the 131,521st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,120,322 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Degue live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 389,495th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 477 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 1,766 people, or 1 in 5,853. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 24 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 20 percent reside and Zou Department, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 27 percent reside and Chad, where 14 percent reside.
Degue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Degue has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Degue last name increased 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Degue Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Degue surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Degue earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 34.67% less than the national average, earning $28,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.4% less than the national average, earning $44,020 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Degue Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Degue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻚ | jk | 60 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻛﻪ | aldkh | 20 |
| ﺩﻛﻪ | dkh | 10 |
| ﺟﻜﻲ | jky | 10 |
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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 Degue
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