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
The last name Dekai (Bengali: দেকাই, Hindi: देकई, Marathi: डेकै) is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Dékai or Dekaî. For other possible spellings of Dekai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 607,405th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. It 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. Dekai is also the 416,660th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 425 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held 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 occurs 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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