Dežan Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Dežan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 94 | 1:26,465 | 5,565 |
| Serbia | 52 | 1:137,403 | 9,829 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Dezan (1,891) are calculated separately.
Dežan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dežan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dežan is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Dezan. For other potential spellings of Dežan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dežan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dežan is the 1,434,893rd most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dežan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 26,465. In Slovenia it is most numerous in: Savinja, where 52 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 21 percent live and Southeast Slovenia, where 15 percent live. Apart from Slovenia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 35 percent live and Croatia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Dežan
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