Desava Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Desava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Desava (10) may also be a first name.
Desava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Desava (Marathi: देसवा) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Desava.
How Common Is The Last Name Desava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Desava occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Desava reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Desava is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.
Desava is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Desava is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 86 percent live and Bihar, where 14 percent live. Beside India this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desava in the Marathi language | ||
| देसवा | desava | - |
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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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- 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 Desava
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