Dekese Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Dekese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dekese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekese is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dekese.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,310,135th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekese are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Other than The DR Congo this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Dekese
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