Descaya Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Descaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 538 | 1:188,175 | 30,066 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Descaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Descaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Descaya occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Descaya? popularity and diffusion
Descaya is the 576,965th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. The last name Descaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Descaya are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 538 people, or 1 in 188,175. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 33 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 11 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Malta, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Descaya
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