Desmus Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Desmus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Desmus (98) may also be a first name.
Desmus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desmus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desmus (Russian: Десмус) is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Desmus click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desmus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Desmus is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Desmus are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Desmus is also the 956,749th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 98 people.
This surname is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 3,690,151. In France it is most prevalent in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 100 percent live. Other than France Desmus occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 9 percent live and Israel, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desmus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desmus in the Russian language | ||
| Десмус | desmus | - |
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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 Desmus
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