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 surname Desmus (Russian: Десмус) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desmus? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Desmus reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Desmus is also the 956,749th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 98 people.
Desmus is most widely held in France, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 3,690,151. In France Desmus is most numerous in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 100 percent live. Besides France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Desmus
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