Dekba Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Dekba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
Dekba (95) may also be a first name.
Dekba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekba is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 82 percent of Dekba reside; 82 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 82 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Dekba is also the 974,243rd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 95 people.
The last name Dekba is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea Dekba is most frequent in: Chimbu, where 68 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 17 percent reside and Madang, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekbai | 91 | 424 | / |
| Dekbay | 91 | 1 | / |
| Deckba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Deckbai | 83 | 21 | / |
| Dekbo | 80 | 26 | / |
| Dekbi | 80 | 25 | / |
| Dekbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Dokba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Decba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Dikba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Djkba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dikbaş | 73 | 4,425 | / |
| Dokbay | 73 | 41 | / |
| Decbai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Dikbaz | 73 | 5 | / |
| Dikbay | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dokbai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Digkba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dokbau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dikbat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dikbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Decbay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dickba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dakbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Deckboy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dikhbat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dikbash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dehkhva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duikeba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dakhbay | 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 Dekba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis