Dekabe Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dekabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea701:116,48215,803
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Dekabe (199) may also be a first name.

Dekabe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dekabe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dekabe occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekabe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Dekabe live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 642,605th most common first name in the world, held by 199 people.

The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 116,482. In Papua New Guinea Dekabe is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 73 percent are found and Chimbu, where 27 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekaber920/
Dekabest861/
Dekaba8363/
Dekobe833/
Dekebe832/
Dakabe832/
Dekabi831/
Decabe831/
Dekoibe7718/
Dekoube776/
Dykabey772/
Dekhave772/
Dedkobe772/
Dekampe771/
Dakaibe771/
Dekoebe771/
Dikabes771/
Dekaave771/
Dhekave771/
Dhakabe771/
Dikgabe771/
Dekoubey716/
Deukeube711/
Deukabai711/
Dekabhai711/
Dikobe673,145/
Decave6758/
Dikaba6744/
Dekamp6724/
Dekebi677/
Dikabi674/
Decabi674/
Doqabe672/
Dakabi672/
Decaba672/
Djkobe671/
Dikebe671/
Dekoba671/
Dakebe671/
Decobe671/
Djkaba671/
Dokobe671/
Dokabi671/

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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 Dekabe
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