Dezhan Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Dezhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 324 | 1:236,983 | 18,221 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Dezhan (6,510) may also be a first name.
Dezhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dezhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dezhan (Russian: Дежан) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dezhan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dezhan is the 835,661st most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. The last name Dezhan is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dezhan live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 81,327th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 6,510 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 236,983. In Iran Dezhan is most common in: Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 31 percent are found, Hormozgan Province, where 11 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Iran it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dezhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dezhan in the Russian language | ||
| Дежан | dezan | - |
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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 Dezhan
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