Dege is used as a family name or surname in Tanzania. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dege
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Tanzania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dege

How popular is Dege?

Dege is common in Tanzania.

Dege is ranked 103789 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dege bearers increased by 7.179487 per cent in 2010 US census to 209 since 2000, the surname slipped by 224 spots and ranked at 88685. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.74 96.41
Black 3.35 2.56
Dege is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Tanzania which may be its originating country too. Around 4003 people have been found who wears Dege as their family name. Dege is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
280,667 Canada5
3,008 Ethiopia3
32,695 Nigeria3
7,683 Latvia3
65,594 Belgium2
14,408 Uruguay2
20,595 China2
95,312 Argentina2
37,493 Austria1
2,505 Congo1
174,544 Czech Republic1
11,486 Estonia1
151,601 Spain1
118,015 Netherlands1
42,479 Greece1
20,172 Hungary1
5,553 Taiwan1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
5,924 Paraguay1
14,373 Jordan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
152,557 Indonesia47
71,059 Australia24
126,462 England22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
8,986 Norway85
92,589 Brazil79
20,378 Zimbabwe78
Countries with hundreds of Dege:
9,534 Turkey804
13,156 Germany773
81,191 United States292
83,086 Russia149
23,602 Mexico131
77,708 France122
148,568 India115
Countries with thousands of Dege:
4,448 Tanzania1,155
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Comments

M
Maryln Pagano
Dege is a family name probably originated gee designating the name of the original locality (Maine-et-Loire).

Dege Namesakes

  • Adina Degen, Michael Degen's daughter
  • Timothy J. DeGeeter, Lawyer
  • David Degen, Soccer player
  • Beatrix von Degenschild, Michael Haneke's mother
  • Ellen DeGeneres, Comedian
  • Betty DeGeneres, Ellen DeGeneres' mother
  • Gunnar Degelius, Author
  • Brother Dege, Musical Artist
  • John Degenkolb, Bicycler
  • Federico Degetau, Politician

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