Dezu Surname
Approximately 757 people bear this surname
Dezu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 728 | 1:53,625 | 6,397 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Dezu (2,308) may also be a first name.
Dezu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dezu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dezu occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dezu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dezu is the 449,465th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,626,877 people. The last name Dezu is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dezu reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Dezu is also the 155,050th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 2,308 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 728 people, or 1 in 53,625. In Uganda Dezu is primarily concentrated in: Arua District, where 67 percent are found, Masindi District, where 8 percent are found and Maracha District, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 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 Dezu
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