Dekai Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Dekai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 291 | 1:439,327 | 13,542 |
| Ivory Coast | 139 | 1:165,980 | 7,542 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Dékai (6) & Dekaî (1) are calculated separately.
Dekai (425) may also be a first name.
Dekai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekai (Bengali: দেকাই, Hindi: देकई, Marathi: डेकै) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Dékai or Dekaî. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 607,405th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. Dekai is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Dekai are found; 57 percent are found in East Asia and 57 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 416,660th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 425 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 439,327. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Aomori Prefecture, where 76 percent live, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Tokushima Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Aside from Japan this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent live and Liberia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekai in the Bengali language | ||
| দেকাই | deka'i | - |
| Dekai in the Hindi language | ||
| देकई | deka'i | - |
| Dekai in the Marathi language | ||
| डेकै | dekai | - |
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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 Dekai
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