Dekesa Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Dekesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 200 | 1:77,191 | 11,358 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Dekesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekesa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dekesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dekesa is the 1,181,191st most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. Dekesa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekesa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 77,191. In Zimbabwe Dekesa is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 57 percent reside, Harare Province, where 19 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekesha | 92 | 29 | / |
| Dekesia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dekeesha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dekeisha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dekosa | 83 | 459 | / |
| Dekese | 83 | 172 | / |
| Dekesi | 83 | 166 | / |
| Dekeza | 83 | 157 | / |
| Dikesa | 83 | 27 | / |
| Dekasa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Dakesa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dokesa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dekeso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dekeshe | 77 | 149 | / |
| Dekesse | 77 | 94 | / |
| Tdekese | 77 | 75 | / |
| Dikiesa | 77 | 62 | / |
| Dekasha | 77 | 56 | / |
| Deckesi | 77 | 14 | / |
| Decessa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Dekisha | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dekossa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dequesa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dekeyse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekoysa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekezah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekesey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekessi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dakesha | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dekeshit | 71 | 35 | / |
| Deskesih | 71 | 17 | / |
| Dekesseu | 71 | 14 | / |
| Dekeches | 71 | 11 | / |
| Dhakesha | 71 | 6 | / |
| Diekiese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deakeseh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dikiesha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekeÿser | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dequesha | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dikasa | 67 | 1,367 | / |
| Decasa | 67 | 1,095 | / |
| Dokisa | 67 | 431 | / |
| Dikosa | 67 | 88 | / |
| Dakasa | 67 | 75 | / |
| Dokasa | 67 | 56 | / |
| Dikesi | 67 | 56 | / |
| Decosa | 67 | 46 | / |
| Dakeza | 67 | 34 | / |
| Dekeusseu | 67 | 31 | / |
| Dakisa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Dokosa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Deckeyser | 67 | 11 | / |
| Dekiso | 67 | 11 | / |
| Dakosa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dikese | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dicesa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dekoso | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dikisa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dekaso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dikesy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekeytser | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekiza | 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
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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 Dekesa
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