Desva Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Desva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Desva (298) may also be a first name.
Desva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Desva (Hindi: देसवा) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Desva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Desva reside; 68 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 68 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Desva is also the 510,666th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 298 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 10,173,015. In Indonesia Desva is mostly concentrated in: Riau, where 38 percent live, East Java, where 31 percent live and West Sumatra, where 23 percent live. Besides Indonesia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nicaragua, where 26 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desva in the Hindi language | ||
| देसवा | desava | - |
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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 Desva
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