Dekanić Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Dekanić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dekanić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3091:13,6852,692
Serbia411:174,26711,295
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Dekanic (25) are calculated separately.

Dekanić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dekanić occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Dekanic. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekanić? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 791,719th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 20,470,635 people. Dekanić is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dekanić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 309 people, or 1 in 13,685. In Croatia Dekanić is most numerous in: City of Zagreb, where 45 percent are found, Vukovar-Srijem County, where 22 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 14 percent are found. Besides Croatia Dekanić occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 12 percent are found and Slovenia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekanic9525/
Dikanić8628/
Dekanich8086/
Dekanics803/
Dikonić7131/
Decaniz717/
Dykaniec6715/
Dekanets671/
Deaconeci632/
Dechkanets5925/
Decanez575/
Dykanets5315/
Deconeci531/
Deconiche501/
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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 Dekanić
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