Dekera Surname
Approximately 643 people bear this surname
Dekera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 632 | 1:280,289 | 15,837 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dekera (570) may also be a first name.
Dekera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekera has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekera? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dekera is the 509,082nd most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,333,664 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekera live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 351,242nd most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 570 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 632 people, or 1 in 280,289. In Nigeria Dekera is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 90 percent live, Taraba, where 4 percent live and Delta, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Dekera
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