Desu Surname
Approximately 16,541 people bear this surname
Desu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 10,625 | 1:9,181 | 1,400 |
| India | 4,909 | 1:156,257 | 9,780 |
| Japan | 452 | 1:282,841 | 10,792 |
| Russia | 147 | 1:980,429 | 76,068 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
The alternate forms: Desú (1) are calculated separately.
Desu (7,441) may also be a first name.
Desu Demographics
Desu Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Desu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desu (Hindi: देसू, Marathi: देसु, Oriya: େଦଶୁ, Russian: Десу, Tibetan: དི་སུ་) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also appear as a variant: Desú. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Desu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Desu is the 32,218th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 440,575 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Desu are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Desu is also the 74,556th most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 7,441 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 10,625 people, or 1 in 9,181. Excluding Ethiopia this surname is found in 47 countries. It also occurs in India, where 30 percent live and Japan, where 3 percent live.
Desu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Desu surname are 39.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.31% registered to vote for the party.
Desu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.74% more than the national average, earning $55,550 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desu in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦଶୁ | edasu | 67.57 |
| େଦସୁ | edasu | 27.03 |
| େଦଶୁମାଝୀ | edasumajhi | 2.7 |
| େଡସୁ | edasu | 2.7 |
| Desu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དི་སུ་ | disu | 66.67 |
| དེ་སུ་ | désu | 33.33 |
| Desu in the Hindi language | ||
| देसू | desu | 61.45 |
| देसु | desu | 37.9 |
| देशू | desu | 0.35 |
| डेसू | desu | 0.18 |
| देशु | desu | 0.06 |
| Desu in the Marathi language | ||
| देसु | desu | 51.14 |
| देसू | desu | 47.21 |
| डेसु | desu | 1.4 |
| डेसू | desu | 0.25 |
| Desu in the Russian language | ||
| Десу | desu | - |
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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 Desu
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