Dekea Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Dekea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
Dekea (27) may also be a first name.
Dekea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekea occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekea? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Dekea live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held given name globally It is held by 27 people.
The surname Dekea is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 699,128. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 67 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live.
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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 Dekea
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