Dekop Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Dekop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Dekop (10) may also be a first name.

Dekop Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dekop occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekop? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dekop is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Dekop is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Dekop reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 10 people.

The last name is most widespread in Botswana, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 99,406. Without taking into account Botswana this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deckop9114/
Dekope9111/
Dekoop914/
Deskop914/
Diekop913/
Dekops912/
Detkhop831/
Dakop801,161/
Dekov80690/
Dikop80168/
Dekap809/
Decop801/
Dokop801/
Dekob800/
Dekopova7719/
Deykov73264/
Dikkop7370/
Decoop7335/
Duykop7327/
Dikopf7326/
Dickop7323/
Dekape7317/
Deikov7311/
Dekhov739/
Dykopf737/
Dekapp736/
Diekob736/
Dikosp735/
Deskob734/
Dikope733/
Deckov732/
Decoup732/
Deukap731/
Decopì731/
Decope731/
Daykop731/
Dickopf67530/
Dickopp67183/
Dickoph673/
Dickoop671/
Decodps671/

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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 Dekop
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