Dekoude Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dekoude Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekoude Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin201:516,78033,864
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Dekoude (19) may also be a first name.

Dekoude Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dekoude is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dekoude click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekoude? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekoude live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 19 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 516,780. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Collines Department, where 100 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekouede931/
Dekode92183/
Dekude923/
Deakode864/
Dekoudj861/
Dikoude861/
Deukode861/
Deukude861/
Dikoudea801/
Deekouda801/
Dekhodes800/
Dekade7784/
Dekide7720/
Dekodi773/
Decode773/
Dikude772/
Decude771/
Dekadje71142/
Decodes7122/
Descude7117/
Dekodai718/
Dikhude716/
Dekhade714/
Degkoda711/
Dekkade711/
Decoder711/
Dehkodi711/
Descudet6725/
Dhaykude676/
Daikoudi672/
Dhekadhe672/
Dehkadeh671/
Dekeyede671/

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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 Dekoude
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