Desah Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Desah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 97 | 1:304,064 | 16,606 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Desah (113) may also be a first name.
Desah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desah has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Desah? popularity and diffusion
Desah is the 1,385,851st most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Desah are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Desah is also the 881,625th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 113 people.
It is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 304,064. In Malaysia Desah is primarily found in: Penang, where 20 percent reside, Johor, where 15 percent reside and Sabah, where 12 percent reside. Not including Malaysia this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Iran, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Desah
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