Dekee Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Dekee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dekee (11) may also be a first name.
Dekee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekee (Tibetan: བདེ་སྐྱིད།) is found in New Caledonia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Dekee click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekee? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dekee is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Dekee occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Dekee reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in New Caledonia. Dekee is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly held in New Caledonia, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 13,153. Barring New Caledonia Dekee occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekee in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདེ་སྐྱིད། | dekyi | - |
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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
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- 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 Dekee
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