Dekaa Surname
Approximately 575 people bear this surname
Dekaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 554 | 1:319,752 | 17,594 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Dekaa (100) may also be a first name.
Dekaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekaa is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekaa? popularity and diffusion
Dekaa is the 554,308th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 12,673,993 people. The last name Dekaa is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Dekaa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dekaa is also the 946,056th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 100 people.
The surname Dekaa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 554 people, or 1 in 319,752. In Nigeria Dekaa is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 76 percent live, Taraba, where 12 percent live and Plateau, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.
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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 Dekaa
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