Deekshit Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Deekshit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deekshit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3781:2,029,27369,289
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Deekshit (235) may also be a first name.

Deekshit Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deekshit (Hindi: दीक्षित, Marathi: िदक्षीत) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deekshit? popularity and diffusion

Deekshit is the 751,291st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The surname Deekshit is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Deekshit are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Deekshit is also the 584,346th most common forename throughout the world, held by 235 people.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 378 people, or 1 in 2,029,273. In India it is most frequent in: Uttarkhand, where 42 percent are found, Telangana, where 19 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent are found. Barring India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Deekshit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Deekshit in the Hindi language
दीक्षितdiksita98.35
दिक्षितdiksita0.83
Deekshit in the Marathi language
िदक्षीतidaksita66.67
दीक्षीतdiksita33.33

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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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  • 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 Deekshit
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