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 more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dezhan? popularity and diffusion
Dezhan is the 835,661st most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. Dezhan is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dezhan are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 81,327th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 6,510 people.
The surname Dezhan is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 236,983. In Iran Dezhan is mostly found in: Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 31 percent live, Hormozgan Province, where 11 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 8 percent live. Aside from Iran this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Bulgaria, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Dezhan
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