Dekene Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Dekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 339 | 1:24,052 | 2,643 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Dekene (227) may also be a first name.
Dekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekene (Oriya: େଡେକେନ) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dekene is the 807,857th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The last name Dekene occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Dekene live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 596,468th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 227 people.
Dekene is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 24,052. In Papua New Guinea Dekene is most frequent in: Chimbu, where 82 percent live, Western Highlands, where 6 percent live and Jiwaka, where 5 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekene in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡେକେନ | edekena | - |
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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 Dekene
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