Dessa Surname
Approximately 1,551 people bear this surname
Dessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| India | 253 | 1:3,031,879 | 90,560 |
| Ivory Coast | 183 | 1:126,072 | 6,156 |
| Brazil | 125 | 1:1,712,595 | 55,994 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| France | 77 | 1:862,633 | 101,453 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Oman | 47 | 1:78,467 | 2,961 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Dêssa (1) are calculated separately.
Dessa (8,659) may also be a first name.
Dessa Demographics
Average Dessa Salary in
United States
$50,360 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dessa (Hindi: देस्सा, Russian: Десса) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Dêssa. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dessa is the 254,576th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,698,611 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Dessa reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 24 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 67,446th most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 8,659 people.
The last name Dessa is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Apart from Bangladesh Dessa is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent live.
Dessa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dessa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 622 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dessa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Dessa surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.64% being registered with the political party.
The amount Dessa earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 16.71% more than the national average, earning $50,360 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.24% more than the national average, earning $58,250 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dessa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dessa in the Hindi language | ||
| देस्सा | des'sa | - |
| Dessa in the Russian language | ||
| Десса | dessa | - |
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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 Dessa
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