Desvi Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Desvi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 121 | 1:1,092,969 | 78,869 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Desvi (797) may also be a first name.
Desvi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desvi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desvi (Hindi: देसवी, Russian: Десви) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Desvi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desvi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,239,697th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Desvi are found; 65 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 65 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 289,943rd most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 797 people.
It is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 1,092,969. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 45 percent reside, Riau, where 30 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 12 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 34 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desvi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desvi in the Hindi language | ||
| देसवी | desavi | 58.82 |
| देवी | devi | 29.41 |
| देस्वी | desvi | 5.88 |
| देस्वि | desvi | 5.88 |
| Desvi in the Russian language | ||
| Десви | desvi | - |
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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 Desvi
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