Desta Surname
Approximately 367,263 people bear this surname
Desta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 339,827 | 1:287 | 30 |
| Eritrea | 22,145 | 1:215 | 82 |
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| United States | 1,305 | 1:277,746 | 25,941 |
| Indonesia | 660 | 1:200,378 | 18,998 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Canada | 143 | 1:257,661 | 24,352 |
| England | 112 | 1:497,483 | 31,781 |
| Haiti | 98 | 1:109,019 | 5,142 |
| Sweden | 91 | 1:108,206 | 7,807 |
| India | 82 | 1:9,354,456 | 185,501 |
| Philippines | 61 | 1:1,659,643 | 109,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 54 | 1:169,672 | 12,566 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Destà (1) are calculated separately.
Desta (852,946) may also be a first name.
Desta Demographics
Desta Political Affiliation
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Desta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desta (Hindi: देष्टा, Oriya: େସୗରା, Russian: Дэста) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Destà. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,464th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,843 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Desta reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Desta is also the 1,089th most numerous first name in the world, held by 852,946 people.
This last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 339,827 people, or 1 in 287. Outside of Ethiopia this surname occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in Eritrea, where 6 percent live and Sudan, where 1 percent live.
Desta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Desta are 40.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.38% being registered with the political party.
The amount Desta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.2% less than the national average, earning 324,609 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 53.89% more than the national average, earning R 365,700 per year; in United States they earn 1.72% less than the national average, earning $42,408 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.22% less than the national average, earning $38,146 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desta in the Oriya language | ||
| େସୗରା | esara | - |
| Desta in the Hindi language | ||
| देष्टा | desta | 58.49 |
| देश्टा | desta | 26.42 |
| देस्टा | desta | 11.32 |
| देस्ता | desta | 1.89 |
| देश्ता | desta | 1.89 |
| Desta in the Russian language | ||
| Дэста | desta | - |
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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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- 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 Desta
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