Dekesi Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Dekesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 1:26,365 | 5,164 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Dekesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekesi has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekesi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,343,156th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Dekesi live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Apart from Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 22 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deckesi | 92 | 14 | / |
| Dekessi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dekeshit | 86 | 35 | / |
| Deskesih | 86 | 17 | / |
| Dekesa | 83 | 201 | / |
| Dekese | 83 | 172 | / |
| Dikesi | 83 | 56 | / |
| Dekosi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Dekeji | 83 | 3 | / |
| Dekasi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dekeshe | 77 | 149 | / |
| Dekossi | 77 | 112 | / |
| Dekoshi | 77 | 94 | / |
| Dekesse | 77 | 94 | / |
| Tdekese | 77 | 75 | / |
| Dekesha | 77 | 29 | / |
| Dikiesi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Dekhisi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Dekassi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Deukosi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekashi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekeyse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekissi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekechi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekesey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Decessi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dekhissi | 71 | 1,554 | / |
| Dekeizer | 71 | 57 | / |
| Dekesseu | 71 | 14 | / |
| Dekeches | 71 | 11 | / |
| Dokhessi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Dakheshi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Deakeseh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekiossi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekeesha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekeÿser | 71 | 1 | / |
| Diekiese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dakessui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekeisha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dokosi | 67 | 1,186 | / |
| Dakasi | 67 | 269 | / |
| Dikeji | 67 | 241 | / |
| Dekeza | 67 | 157 | / |
| Dikosi | 67 | 127 | / |
| Dokisi | 67 | 69 | / |
| Dokese | 67 | 47 | / |
| Dokasi | 67 | 38 | / |
| Dekeusseu | 67 | 31 | / |
| Dikesa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Dekeijzer | 67 | 23 | / |
| Dikisi | 67 | 22 | / |
| Dikasi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Dekazi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Dakese | 67 | 12 | / |
| Deckeyser | 67 | 11 | / |
| Dekase | 67 | 10 | / |
| Decisi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dehkhashi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dakisi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dikese | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dikegi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dakosi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dekege | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dekozi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dokezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekeytser | 67 | 1 | / |
| Decosi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekici | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dikesy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djkeussie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekiza | 67 | 0 | / |
| Dickeseid | 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 Dekesi
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