Desval Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Desval Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Desval (27) may also be a first name.
Desval Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desval Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desval (Hindi: देसवाल, Marathi: वाल) occurs most in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Desval? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Desval occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Desval live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 69 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread first name in the world, borne by 27 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India Desval is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 56 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 44 percent reside. Without taking into account India Desval occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 15 percent reside and Haiti, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desval Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desval in the Hindi language | ||
| देसवाल | desavala | 66.67 |
| देशवाल | desavala | 33.33 |
| Desval in the Marathi language | ||
| वाल | vala | 66.67 |
| देसवाल | desavala | 33.33 |
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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 Desval
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