Dekawe Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Dekawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 94 | 1:109,953 | 12,317 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Dekawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekawe occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,871,545th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Dekawe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekawe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 109,953. In Benin Dekawe is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 87 percent reside, Zou Department, where 9 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Dekawe
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