Dekebo Surname

138,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Dekebo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekebo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia3,2201:30,2943,612
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Dekebo (4,282) may also be a first name.

Dekebo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dekebo is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekebo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 138,629th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,258,304 people. The last name Dekebo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekebo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 105,768th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 4,282 people.

The surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,220 people, or 1 in 30,294. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekeba832,747/
Dekobo835/
Dekibo833/
Dekabo831/
Dokebo831/
Dakebo831/
Decebo831/
Dackebo777/
Dhekeba771/
Dikobo671,176/
Dikibo671,106/
Dikabo67171/
Dakobo67114/
Dikeba6796/
Decabo6781/
Dekaba6763/
Dokibo6760/
Dakabo6752/
Dekiba6752/
Deckebach6739/
Dokobo6727/
Djkibo6714/
Dakeba6711/
Dicebo678/
Decobo671/
Deceba671/
Dekoba671/

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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 Dekebo
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