Dekande Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Dekande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dekande (60) may also be a first name.
Dekande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekande occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekande? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,414,640th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekande live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dekande is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 60 people.
The last name Dekande is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 166,703. In Benin it is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 73 percent reside, Zou Department, where 21 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 3 percent reside. Beside Benin it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekhande | 93 | 11 | / |
| Doekande | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dikande | 86 | 10 | / |
| Dekanda | 86 | 4 | / |
| Dakande | 86 | 3 | / |
| Dekonde | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dekounde | 80 | 157 | / |
| Dekondej | 80 | 11 | / |
| Descande | 80 | 8 | / |
| Dakhande | 80 | 8 | / |
| Dikander | 80 | 7 | / |
| Dokhande | 80 | 2 | / |
| Dokandee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dekhandi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Doikande | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dekoundje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dikanda | 71 | 1,091 | / |
| Dikonde | 71 | 332 | / |
| Dekonda | 71 | 250 | / |
| Dekondy | 71 | 94 | / |
| Deconde | 71 | 79 | / |
| Dikandi | 71 | 17 | / |
| Decanda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Decandi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Decandy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dakonde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dikandy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dikandé | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deekonda | 67 | 5,422 | / |
| Dicander | 67 | 85 | / |
| Decandio | 67 | 71 | / |
| Daikanda | 67 | 33 | / |
| Decandis | 67 | 24 | / |
| Dhekonda | 67 | 21 | / |
| Desconde | 67 | 9 | / |
| Deekondi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dekkonda | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dikaunda | 67 | 2 | / |
| De'konda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dikondez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dikhanda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deckonda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Decandit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deakonda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diekonda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dickanda | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dekande
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