Desiderius Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Desiderius Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 37 | 1:65,119 | 7,152 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Desiderius (491) may also be a first name.
Desiderius Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desiderius Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desiderius is found most in Namibia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desiderius? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Desiderius reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Desiderius is also the 383,498th most frequently held given name on earth, held by 491 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 65,119. In Namibia Desiderius is most frequent in: Omusati Region, where 73 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 11 percent reside and ǁKaras Region, where 11 percent reside. Other than Namibia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desderius | 95 | 275 | / |
| Desideris | 95 | 14 | / |
| Desideriu | 95 | 3 | / |
| Deciderius | 90 | 5 | / |
| Desiderios | 90 | 2 | / |
| Desderious | 90 | 1 | / |
| Desederius | 90 | 1 | / |
| Deziderius | 90 | 1 | / |
| Desiders | 89 | 5 | / |
| Desderias | 84 | 55 | / |
| Dezideriu | 84 | 3 | / |
| Deciderus | 84 | 1 | / |
| Desideres | 84 | 0 | / |
| Desideriosci | 82 | 1 | / |
| Desideroso | 80 | 2 | / |
| Desterious | 80 | 1 | / |
| Desderes | 78 | 3 | / |
| Disderis | 78 | 1 | / |
| D'Siders | 78 | 1 | / |
| D Siders | 78 | 0 | / |
| de Isidoris | 76 | 1 | / |
| Dezyderiusz | 76 | 1 | / |
| Destarius | 74 | 6 | / |
| Desdarios | 74 | 1 | / |
| Desterias | 74 | 1 | / |
| Desters | 71 | 1 | / |
| Duesterhus | 70 | 4 | / |
| Duesterhaus | 67 | 306 | / |
| Desetres | 67 | 40 | / |
| Desterhouse | 67 | 34 | / |
| Destruys | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tsiteris | 67 | 15 | / |
| Destrisa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Destries | 67 | 11 | / |
| Deusterhaus | 67 | 4 | / |
| Duesterhous | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tsitrius | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dessetrs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Desdores | 67 | 1 | / |
| Desdures | 67 | 0 | / |
| Diesterhaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Desiderius
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