Dedesah Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Dedesah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dedesah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey691:1,127,84748,960
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

The alternate forms: Dedeşah (1) are calculated separately.

Dedesah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dedesah is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Dedeşah. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dedesah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,255,512th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Dedesah occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Dedesah are found; 92 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

Dedesah is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 1,127,847. In Turkey Dedesah is primarily concentrated in: Gaziantep Province, where 35 percent live, Sanliurfa Province, where 28 percent live and Mersin Province, where 7 percent live. Not including Turkey Dedesah occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Liberia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dedeşah951/
Dedesa9218/
Dedessa864/
Dediesa862/
Dedesha862/
Dadeshah802/
Deadessa801/
Dedeza7716/
Dedisa7714/
Dedeca7712/
Dedeja7710/
Didesa777/
Dedeso774/
Dedasa772/
Dedosha7138/
Dadesho7136/
Daddesa7136/
Dodesai7112/
Dadesha717/
Didessa714/
Dedeseu711/
Dadosah711/
Diedisa711/
Dediosa711/
Dadesai711/
Dhadesa711/
Detdecha67781/
Detdecho67421/
D'Addesa6718/
Dadashah6713/
Dejdecha678/
Deachdeacho675/
Deedecha672/
Dadhisah671/
Daduisah671/
Dedechai671/
Dedaisay671/
Didishah671/

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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 Dedesah
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