Desiye Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Desiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Desiye (42) may also be a first name.
Desiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Desiye is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Desiye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Desiye reside; 38 percent reside in East Africa and 38 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 42 people.
The surname Desiye is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Outside of Ethiopia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside.
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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 Desiye
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