Dessam Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Dessam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Dessam (9) may also be a first name.
Dessam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dessam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dessam occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Dessam reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 9 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 33 percent live, Massachusetts, where 33 percent live and Michigan, where 33 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 25 percent live.
Dessam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dessam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dessam surname declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Dessam
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis