Deku Surname
Approximately 12,943 people bear this surname
Deku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 10,114 | 1:2,672 | 428 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Indonesia | 370 | 1:357,430 | 30,846 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Nigeria | 189 | 1:937,263 | 40,304 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| South Africa | 161 | 1:336,507 | 31,327 |
| India | 94 | 1:8,160,270 | 170,569 |
| United States | 53 | 1:6,838,848 | 318,712 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Deku (4,336) may also be a first name.
Deku Demographics
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Deku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Deku (Hindi: देकू, Marathi: देकु, Oriya: େଦକୁ, Tibetan: དི་ཀུ་) is found most in Ghana. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Deku? popularity and diffusion
It is the 40,487th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 563,049 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Deku reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Deku is also the 104,951st most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 4,336 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 10,114 people, or 1 in 2,672. Besides Ghana this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 11 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Deku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Deku are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Deku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.96% less than the national average, earning R 88,032 per year and in United States they earn 19.18% more than the national average, earning $51,425 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deku in the Tibetan language | ||
| དི་ཀུ་ | diku | - |
| Deku in the Hindi language | ||
| देकू | deku | 70 |
| डेकू | deku | 20 |
| देकु | deku | 10 |
| Deku in the Marathi language | ||
| देकु | deku | 66.67 |
| डेकु | deku | 16.67 |
| देकू | deku | 16.67 |
| Deku in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦକୁ | edaku | 50 |
| େଡକୁ | edaku | 50 |
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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 Deku
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