Dereja Surname
Approximately 1,339 people bear this surname
Dereja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dereja (10) may also be a first name.
Dereja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dereja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dereja has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dereja.
How Common Is The Last Name Dereja? popularity and diffusion
Dereja is the 286,848th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,442,529 people. Dereja occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dereja reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name worldwide, held by 10 people.
The surname Dereja is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Other than Ethiopia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Dereja
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