Dekim Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dekim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dekim (33) may also be a first name.

Dekim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dekim Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dekim (Tibetan: བདེ་སྐྱིདམོ།) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekim? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Dekim occurs mostly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Dekim live; 77 percent live in Oceania Islands and 77 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,807,719th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 33 people.

The surname Dekim is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 76 percent reside and Western, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside and Algeria, where 5 percent reside.

Dekim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dekim has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dekim last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekime9113/
Deukim917/
Deakim915/
Dekeim913/
Dekaim911/
Dekimdt831/
Dhekaim831/
Deekhim831/
Deakime830/
Dakim80899/
Dikim80112/
Dekem8030/
Dokim8010/
Decim801/
Dekkem7390/
Dekeme7339/
Dakiem7338/
Diekem7337/
Dakhim7330/
Deckem733/
Dechim733/
Dakaim732/
Dokkim732/
Dikime731/
Diskim731/
Daikim731/
Daekem731/
Dequim731/
Dokeim731/
Dickim730/
Deakym730/
Dahakim6719/
Decheim6711/
Deekhem673/
Deechim672/
Deakyme671/
Dekchem671/

Dekim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dekim in the Tibetan language
བདེ་སྐྱིདམོ།dékyidmo75
བདེ་སྐྱིམ།dékyim25

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dekim
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