Deity Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Deity Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 63 | 1:64,998 | 4,484 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Deity (358) may also be a first name.
Deity Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deity Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Deity (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﺘﻲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Deity? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. Deity occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Deity live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Deity is also the 460,276th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 358 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 64,998. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 41 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 37 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Deity Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Deity has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deity Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deity in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻳﺘﻲ | dyty | 88 |
| ﺩﺗﻲ | dty | 4 |
| ﺩﻳﺘﻰ | dyty | 4 |
| ﺩﻳﺖ | dyt | 4 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Deity
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