Dekenou Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Dekenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 255 | 1:40,532 | 5,219 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Dekenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekenou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekenou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 996,001st most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name Dekenou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekenou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dekenou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 40,532. In Benin Dekenou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 51 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 47 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 1 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekeno | 92 | 32 | / |
| Dekenu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dikenou | 86 | 9 | / |
| Dekenau | 86 | 4 | / |
| Dechenou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Dekeuneu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dekenuye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dekena | 77 | 137 | / |
| Dikenu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dikeno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekenuydt | 75 | 26 | / |
| Deukeuneu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dekenah | 71 | 110 | / |
| Dekenai | 71 | 79 | / |
| Deceanu | 71 | 59 | / |
| Deckena | 71 | 59 | / |
| Diekena | 71 | 54 | / |
| Dikengu | 71 | 34 | / |
| Decheno | 71 | 19 | / |
| Dekenga | 71 | 13 | / |
| Dequeno | 71 | 10 | / |
| Deakino | 71 | 6 | / |
| Dikenoo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dekenij | 71 | 3 | / |
| Dhekena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dikinou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dikengo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Decenoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dechenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekhena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekkenga | 67 | 74 | / |
| Deiceanu | 67 | 51 | / |
| Dekenaye | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dekenyia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dechinou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dechenoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deaceano | 67 | 1 | / |
| Decheeno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Decheano | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deukeina | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dekenou
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