Dekeya Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Dekeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 449 | 1:34,384 | 5,292 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dekeya (29) may also be a first name.
Dekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekeya has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dekeya is the 645,988th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dekeya live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 29 people.
The surname Dekeya is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 449 people, or 1 in 34,384. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 24 percent live and Harare Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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 Dekeya
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