Deq Surname

299,736th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Deq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia1,1271:11,936805
Kenya1251:369,43921,332
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Deq (2,561) may also be a first name.

Deq Last Name Facts

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

Deq is found most frequently in Somalia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Deq? popularity and diffusion

It is the 299,736th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 5,742,747 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Deq are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Deq is also the 145,539th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 2,561 people.

The last name is most widely held in Somalia, where it is held by 1,127 people, or 1 in 11,936. Apart from Somalia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

Deq Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Deq surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Deq earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 78.33% less than the national average, earning $9,350 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deeq865,950/
Decq86596/
Desq8621/
Deuq8613/
Dequ869/
Deqe868/
Deyq865/
Dehq862/
Dieq862/
Dheq861/
Degq861/
Dekq861/
Deqk861/
Deque75458/
Deaqe7583/
Hdeeq751/
Dec6711,783/
Dek679,768/
Deg67827/
Dex67516/
Decque67199/
Dehecq67147/
Diq6724/
Desque6717/
Deaque674/
Dyq673/
Hdeeqh671/
Tdeque671/

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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 Deq
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