Desikan Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Desikan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Desikan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3901:1,966,83467,829
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England131:4,286,005132,302
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Desikan (247) may also be a first name.

Desikan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Desikan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Desikan (Marathi: देसीकन) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Desikan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Desikan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 490,085th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Desikan reside; 58 percent reside in South Asia and 58 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Desikan is also the 567,531st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 247 people.

Desikan is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 390 people, or 1 in 1,966,834. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 46 percent live, Karnataka, where 15 percent live and Maharashtra, where 14 percent live. Barring India this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 7 percent live.

Desikan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Desikan surname are 12.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.09% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Desikan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 50.46% more than the national average, earning $64,924 USD per year and in Canada they earn 56.37% more than the national average, earning $77,687 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Desikan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Desikan in the Marathi language
देसीकनdesikana50
देिसकनdeisakana30.77
डेिसकनdeisakana15.38
देसीकानdesikana3.85

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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 Desikan
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