In Croatia, Desput families are generally Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ), very rarely Bosniaks (also from Ivanic-Grad area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Desput live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Bukevje in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Zagreb (<5), Lekenik in Petrinja area (<5), and in Strmec Bukevski (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Desput is present in 7 countries on two continents. "Desputh " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.