Dekter Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Dekter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Dekter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dekter (Russian: Дектер) is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,061,309th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Dekter live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 375,271. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 31 percent are found, Overijssel, where 24 percent are found and Utrecht, where 24 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands Dekter occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

Dekter Last Name Statistics demography

Dekter earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 31.67% more than the national average, earning $65,420 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deckter9277/
Deakter9222/
Dektere9212/
Dekhter928/
Decktert861/
Dokter834,073/
Decter83244/
Dikter8338/
Dakter8334/
Degter837/
Dekterova802/
Dockter773,265/
Dickter77196/
Diktere77110/
Dakhter7712/
Dikhter777/
Diecter771/
Dokhter771/
Dectear771/
Degtear771/
Dexcter770/
Dekhterova7512/
Degterova67126/
Dicter6723/
Dogter672/
Dikterova672/
Dikhterova631/
Dictter6249/
Diktire6217/
Degtayr622/
Dicther622/
Dactter621/
Doctear621/
Diocter621/
Dicteur621/
Dictere621/
Dictert621/

Dekter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dekter in the Russian language
Дектерdekter-

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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 Dekter
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