Deo Surname

6,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86,167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Fiji

Deo Surname User-submission:

Deo means 'god'. In Marathi Deo is common surname found in Maharashtra.

Deo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India26,2181:29,2572,172
Burundi15,3541:639168
Rwanda13,6431:833185
Tanzania6,9221:7,648996
Fiji6,0011:14916
Vietnam4,5801:20,228376
Philippines2,1491:47,1097,621
United States2,0551:176,37917,695
Indonesia1,3741:96,25110,005
DR Congo9851:75,0058,732
Australia7171:37,6514,921
Trinidad and Tobago5321:2,564440
Canada5131:71,8248,185
New Zealand4781:9,4731,646
Nigeria4491:394,52720,761
England3741:148,97914,256
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Ivory Coast3131:73,7104,096
United Arab Emirates2201:41,6474,322
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
Brazil1931:1,109,19338,758
Iran1841:417,29626,403
Uganda1441:271,10619,583
France1391:477,86167,615
Nepal1291:220,7833,078
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Qatar1121:21,0542,246
Malaysia1061:278,24715,446
Thailand1031:685,809114,410
Japan1011:1,265,78522,505
Italy801:764,45962,244
Guyana671:11,3761,644
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Argentina531:806,48053,420
Papua New Guinea521:156,80221,647
Pakistan511:3,502,82126,594
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Liberia491:89,9707,357
Venezuela431:702,42011,917
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Taiwan361:651,2434,752
Spain281:1,669,71648,608
Paraguay241:301,5314,820
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Wales151:206,30213,003
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Afghanistan101:3,215,31818,974
Togo91:805,3086,372
China91:151,924,6187,954
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Oman61:614,6626,082
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1331:377,58428,378

The alternate forms: Déo (125), Deó (6) & Deò (4) are calculated separately.

Deo (140,211) may also be a first name.

Deo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Deo means 'god'. In Marathi Deo is common surname found in Maharashtra.

- pradeepdeo

Deo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deo (Bengali: দেও, Georgian: დეო, Hindi: देव, Marathi: देओ, Oriya: େଦଓ, Tibetan: དེའུ་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Déo, Deó or Deò. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Deo? popularity and diffusion

Deo is the 6,557th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 84,575 people. The surname Deo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Deo reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,463rd most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 140,211 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 26,218 people, or 1 in 29,257. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Odisha, where 57 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 9 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 6 percent reside. Outside of India it exists in 95 countries. It also occurs in Burundi, where 18 percent reside and Rwanda, where 16 percent reside.

Deo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Deo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Deo surname grew 1,545 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 12,467 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Deo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Deo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Deo are 3.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.71% registered with the political party.

The amount Deo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.06% more than the national average, earning R 373,224 per year; in United States they earn 14.8% more than the national average, earning $49,537 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.48% more than the national average, earning $51,910 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Déo89125/
Deó896/
Deò894/
Deho862,756/
Deos86201/
Deoh86187/
Deao86168/
Deot86129/
Deou8694/
Dieo8682/
Deňo8663/
Dheo8654/
Deop8653/
Deoz8625/
Deoy8618/
Deoi8615/
Deoo865/
Deod865/
Deeo864/
Deoa862/
Ddeo861/
Dehou751,243/
Degio75819/
Dehoy75187/
Dehos75154/
Dehod75122/
Dieho75117/
Deoux7568/
Dieou7558/
Deuyo7539/
Deoud7536/
Deoss7535/
Deous7526/
Deoiz7524/
Dehoz7523/
Deiyo7513/
Deopp7510/
Deijo758/
Deott758/
Deoth757/
Deaos757/
Deois754/
Dejio753/
Dheho752/
Deoch752/
Deost752/
Deeod752/
Deouh751/
Deodd751/
Deoid751/
Deout751/
Dehho751/
Tddeo751/
Ddeou751/
Deood751/
Dheeo751/
De'ou751/
Dejho751/
Deooe750/
Deaoy750/
Deooy750/
Deoit750/
Dio6718,836/
Dea6713,620/
Djo677,444/
Dyo674,986/
Dehoux671,167/
Dehoop67298/
Dehout6783/
Deehoo6777/
Diehou6755/
Deheho6715/
Doeijo6714/
Dehoys6711/
Dehhou6711/
Dehoud675/
Deheou674/
Dheoph673/
Deoddt672/
Deoust672/
Dehouh672/
Dehoyt672/
Dejjou672/
Dhehou672/
Deotch671/
Deotts671/
Deeoud671/
Dehois671/
Dehoos671/
Dehous671/
Dehoss671/
Deegio671/
Dejios671/
Deá671/
Deouch671/
Deooij671/
Deeood671/
Deoitt670/
Deosch670/
Deheoy670/
Dehopp670/
Dehost670/

Deo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Deo in the Georgian language
დეოdeo-
Deo in the Bengali language
দেওde'o-
Deo in the Oriya language
େଦଓeda'o99.51
Deo in the Marathi language
देओde'o95.29
डेओde'o4.71
Deo in the Hindi language
देवdeva93.73
देओde'o5.9
Deo in the Tibetan language
དེའུ་dé'u89
དེའོ་déo4.11
དེཝ་dewa2.63
དིའུ་di'u1.81
དེ་འུ་déu0.49
དེའུdé'u0.49
དེབ་deb0.16
བདེཝ་dewa0.16
དེའུ༌dé'u0.16
བདེ་བ་dewa0.16
དུའི་0.16
ནེའུ་né'u0.16
དེིའུ་dé'u0.16
འདིའུ།di'u0.16
དའུ་da'u0.16

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