Desku Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Desku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Desku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo3341:5,574947
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Albania111:264,91415,006
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Desku Last Name Facts

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

Desku occurs in Kosovo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Desku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Desku is the 746,827th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Desku reside; 91 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Albano-Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Kosovo, where it is borne by 334 people, or 1 in 5,574. In Kosovo it is primarily concentrated in: District of Peja, where 88 percent are found, District of Pristina, where 8 percent are found and District of Prizren, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kosovo this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 6 percent are found and Albania, where 3 percent are found.

Desku Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Desku has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Desku last name contracted 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deskau9134/
Deskou9127/
Daesku912/
Dieskau8349/
Deshkuh831/
Dieskou830/
Dosku80678/
Descu8076/
Disku8022/
Deskó8017/
Dasku806/
Daescu731,007/
Diskau7394/
Daskou7358/
Diskou7329/
Dashku7323/
Deskoo734/
Doshku733/
Descus732/
Descou732/
Diskuy732/
Dyshku732/
Dezkou731/
Diskut731/
Descui731/
Diskup731/
Descout67390/
Descoux67297/
Descous67248/
Descaux673/
Descouy671/
Descoud671/
Descaut671/
Dăiescu671/
Diskhus671/
Dechkus671/
Dechkud671/

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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 Desku
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