Dekeye Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Dekeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dekeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekeye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Dekeye occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Dekeye live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Dekeye is mostly found in: Benue, where 80 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 20 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Dekeye occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 10 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 Dekeye
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