Desaa Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Desaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Desaa (14) may also be a first name.
Desaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desaa (Marathi: देसाए) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Desaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Desaa are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Desaa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 14 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Desaa is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desaa in the Marathi language | ||
| देसाए | desa'e | 50 |
| डेसा | desa | 50 |
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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 Desaa
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