Dekayi Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Dekayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Dekayi (7) may also be a first name.
Dekayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekayi is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Dekayi live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most common first name on earth, held by 7 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran Dekayi is most frequent in: Alborz Province, where 50 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and Zambia, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Dekayi
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