Dekus Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Dekus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Dekuş (1) & Dekuś (1) are calculated separately.
Dekus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekus (Russian: Декус) is found most in Ukraine. It may also be rendered as: Dekuş or Dekuś. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekus? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Dekus live; 71 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,793,558. In Ukraine Dekus is most prevalent in: Lviv Oblast, where 50 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 17 percent are found and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 17 percent are found. Besides Ukraine this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 24 percent are found and Russia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dekus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dekus in the Russian language | ||
| Декус | dekus | - |
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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 Dekus
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