Dekalb Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Dekalb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekalb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3301:1,098,36079,589
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Dekalb (12) may also be a first name.

Dekalb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dekalb is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekalb? popularity and diffusion

It is the 830,559th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. Dekalb is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Dekalb live; 93 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dekalb is also the 3,306,491st most widely held given name globally It is held by 12 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 330 people, or 1 in 1,098,360. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 15 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Georgia, where 12 percent reside. Aside from The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Dekalb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dekalb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dekalb surname grew 660 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dekalb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dekalb last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.23% being registered with the political party.

Dekalb earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $47,021 USD per year.

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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 Dekalb
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