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 in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Dekuş or Dekuś. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dekus.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekus? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dekus is the 4,307,654th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Dekus occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Dekus are found; 71 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
Dekus is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,793,558. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Lviv Oblast, where 50 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 17 percent live and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 17 percent live. Excluding Ukraine it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 24 percent live and Russia, where 14 percent live.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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