Desika Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Desika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 136 | 1:972,421 | 71,642 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Desika (839) may also be a first name.
Desika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Desika (Georgian: დესიკა) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Desika? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,434,893rd most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. Desika is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Desika reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Desika is also the 281,864th most frequently held given name on earth. It is borne by 839 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 972,421. In Indonesia Desika is most prevalent in: West Java, where 33 percent reside, North Sumatra, where 28 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desika in the Georgian language | ||
| დესიკა | desika | - |
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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 Desika
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