Dekenai Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Dekenai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
Dekenai (16) may also be a first name.
Dekenai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekenai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekenai is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dekenai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekenai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,121,169th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Dekenai are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 16 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 296,701. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: North Region, where 99 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Dekenai occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 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 Dekenai
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