Dekey Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Dekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Dekey (56) may also be a first name.
Dekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekey (Tibetan: བདེ་སྐྱིད་) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,168,711th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 79 percent of Dekey live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Dekey is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used forename globally, held by 56 people.
The surname Dekey is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 16,675,334. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 85 percent reside, Delhi, where 4 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 2 percent reside. Other than India it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 11 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent reside.
Dekey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dekey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dekey surname declined 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekey in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདེ་སྐྱིད་ | dekyi | 60 |
| བདེ་སྐྱིད། | dekyi | 30 |
| དྲི་ཀེ་ | driké | 10 |
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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 Dekey
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