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 most common in Japan. It may also appear as: Dékai or Dekaî. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 607,405th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. The surname Dekai occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Dekai reside; 57 percent reside in East Asia and 57 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Dekai is also the 416,660th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 425 people.
It is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 439,327. In Japan Dekai is mostly found in: Aomori Prefecture, where 76 percent reside, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 12 percent reside and Tokushima Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Not including Japan this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and Liberia, where 6 percent reside.
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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