Dekete Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Dekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 170 | 1:90,813 | 13,040 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Dekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekete is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekete? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,231,034th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Dekete occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dekete live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 90,813. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 39 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 34 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 19 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Dekete
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