Dekah Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Dekah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Dekah (36) may also be a first name.
Dekah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekah is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Dekah reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 58 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 36 people.
The surname Dekah is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Dekah is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 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 Dekah
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