Dekena Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Dekena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 63 | 1:1,277,864 | 81,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dekena (30) may also be a first name.
Dekena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekena (Oriya: େଡେକନା) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,518,885th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. Dekena occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Dekena live; 47 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 30 people.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 1,277,864. In Germany Dekena is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent live. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekena in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡେକନା | edekana | - |
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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 Dekena
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