Deskin Surname

261,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Deskin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deskin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3771:263,22424,827
Canada731:504,73442,927
India161:47,941,586492,263
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland311:142,8997,868
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1181:425,58231,158

The alternate forms: Deškin (13) are calculated separately.

Deskin (25) may also be a first name.

Deskin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deskin (Russian: Дескин) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Deškin. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deskin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 261,888th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,864,850 people. Deskin is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Deskin live; 90 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,136,160th most numerous forename in the world, held by 25 people.

Deskin is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,377 people, or 1 in 263,224. In The United States Deskin is most prevalent in: Nevada, where 19 percent live, Texas, where 14 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Deskin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Deskin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,167 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Deskin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Deskin surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Deskin last name are 31.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 84.62% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Deskin earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 3.63% more than the national average, earning $44,716 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.41% more than the national average, earning $66,781 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deškin9413/
Deshkin92101/
Deskina9229/
Detskin9223/
Dieskin920/
Deshkina86124/
Deyshkin861/
Deushkin861/
Deschkin861/
Diskin833,576/
Daskin83148/
Dyskin83106/
Doskin8370/
Deskyn833/
Dashkin773,171/
Diskind77153/
Doesken77119/
Dechkin7752/
Dyskina7751/
Diskina7744/
Deschin7738/
Dishkin7728/
Diskint7717/
Desquin7715/
Deshkyn7713/
Doshkin7712/
Deskyna773/
Daszkin772/
Detskyn772/
Diskion771/
Dyshkin771/
Dezkina771/
Disckin771/
Deasken770/
Dezkn731/
Deshkyna7118/
Disckind718/
Dishkina716/
Dyoshkin716/
Dyshkina715/
Deechkin713/
Desquien712/
Diskienė711/
Daschkin711/
Detchkin711/
Disken67145/
Dosken6767/
Dyskyn6728/
Doskyn6715/
Daşkin6711/
Dysken675/
Dyoshkina674/
Doçkin674/
Dasqin673/
Disknt672/
Dösken672/
Diskim671/
Dozkin671/
Dasken671/
Diskyn671/
Dyshchkin671/
Daskyn671/

Deskin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Deskin in the Russian language
Дескинdeskin-

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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 Deskin
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