Dickay Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Dickay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Dickay (12) may also be a first name.
Dickay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dickay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dickay (Tibetan: དི་ཀེ་) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dickay.
How Common Is The Last Name Dickay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dickay is the 2,876,555th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Dickay are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Dickay is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 92 percent are found, Abia, where 3 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dickay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dickay in the Tibetan language | ||
| དི་ཀེ་ | diké | - |
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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 Dickay
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