Dekoya Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Dekoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Dekoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekoya is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dekoya is the 4,908,606th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Dekoya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dekoya reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
Dekoya is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Cameroon Dekoya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 44 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
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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 Dekoya
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