Dekana Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Dekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Dekaná (4) & Dékáná (1) are calculated separately.
Dekana (96) may also be a first name.
Dekana Demographics
Average Dekana Salary in
South Africa
R 228,216
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Dekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekana (Oriya: େଦକନା, Russian: Декана) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant: Dekaná or Dékáná. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dekana is the 3,100,440th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Dekana is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Dekana live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 96 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Not including The DR Congo it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 30 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Dekana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dekana has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dekana surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dekana Last Name Statistics demography
Dekana earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.96% less than the national average, earning R 228,216 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekana in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦକନା | edakana | 66.67 |
| େଦକଣା | edakana | 16.67 |
| େଡକାନା | edakana | 16.67 |
| Dekana in the Russian language | ||
| Декана | dekana | - |
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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 Dekana
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