Desseff Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Desseff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Desseff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

The alternate forms: Dèsseff (1) are calculated separately.

Desseff Last Name Facts

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

Desseff is held by more people in Argentina than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Dèsseff. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Desseff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Desseff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Desseff live; 93 percent live in South America and 93 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most prevalent in Argentina, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,095,985. In Argentina Desseff is most prevalent in: San Juan Province, where 95 percent are found, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 3 percent are found and Córdoba Province, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Argentina Desseff is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dèsseff951/
Dessesff937/
Desseffe931/
Deseff9234/
Dosseff866/
Desef832/
Doseff7728/
Deseuf7721/
Dessev7719/
Deceff7712/
Dezeff771/
Deseife7176/
Decheff7122/
Dasheff7121/
Desseva718/
Desev6770/
Dasef6728/
Dexef674/
Desif674/
Desew671/
Detcheff671/
Descheaf671/

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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 Desseff
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