Despotou Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cyprus
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Despotou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Despotou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cyprus211:42,1374,231
Greece171:651,75273,285
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397

Despotou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Despotou occurs more in Cyprus more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Despotou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,055,934th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Despotou are found; 93 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Despotou is most widely held in Cyprus, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 42,137. In Cyprus it is mostly found in: Nicosia District, where 95 percent reside and Larnaca District, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Cyprus Despotou is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 41 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Despoto933/
Depoto86189/
Despotuis821/
Dispoto80525/
Despota8038/
Depouto804/
Despato802/
Depoito801/
Deapoto801/
Depohto801/
Desputo801/
Despothuis7869/
Depoutot75317/
Disposto7533/
Despotas7513/
Depatout751/
Desputeau71104/
Dipoto7172/
Depota7110/
Depothuis716/
Depatu711/
Depato711/
Dipotu711/
Depatto67110/
Depatoy6763/
Diphoto6749/
Depotie6723/
Dispato6712/
Desputeaux6710/
Deposta675/
Deppota672/
Dospeto671/
Depoota671/
Depatau671/
Dospatu671/
Deepatu671/
Despeta671/

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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 Despotou
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