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
The surname Dekoun is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 618,896th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 757,758th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 148 people.
The surname Dekoun is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 27,859. In Benin Dekoun is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 32 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 27 percent reside and Zou Department, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Benin it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 19 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside.
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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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