Dekoun Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Dekoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 371 | 1:27,859 | 3,688 |
| Algeria | 94 | 1:410,974 | 34,699 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dekoun (148) may also be a first name.
Dekoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dekoun occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 618,896th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Dekoun are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dekoun is also the 757,758th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 148 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 27,859. In Benin it is mostly found in: Atlantique Department, where 32 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 27 percent are found and Zou Department, where 15 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 19 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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
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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 Dekoun
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