Dezia Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Dezia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Dézia (1) are calculated separately.
Dezia (178) may also be a first name.
Dezia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dezia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dezia is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms: Dézia. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dezia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dezia is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Dezia live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 683,417th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 178 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Arua District, where 53 percent are found, Masindi District, where 32 percent are found and Buliisa District, where 5 percent are found. Not including Uganda it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Dezia
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