Dekka Surname
Approximately 2,693 people bear this surname
Dekka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,578 | 1:297,543 | 16,781 |
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dekka (237) may also be a first name.
Dekka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekka (Oriya: ଏକ୍କା) occurs most in India. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekka? popularity and diffusion
Dekka is the 161,653rd most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,706,107 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Dekka reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Dekka is also the 581,650th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 237 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 2,578 people, or 1 in 297,543. In India Dekka is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 78 percent reside, Telangana, where 20 percent reside and Assam, where 1 percent reside. Apart from India it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏକ୍କା | ekka | - |
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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 Dekka
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