Surname Deša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Deša families are Croats (from Nin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Deša live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Policnik in Zadar area (15), Zadar (15), Vrsi (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Trenkovo in Pozega area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Deša (including: Desa , Desha , Dessa , Descha , Dhesa , Deshya , Destha , Desah , Deesa and Desaa ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. The family name "Desa " is used by some 7000 people in Malaysia , about 3000 in Indonesia , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Desha " is used by some 1000 people in Egypt , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Indonesia. "Desaa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristian Deša, Romeo Deša, Diana Deša, Marko Deša, Maja Deša, Anita Deša, Ana Deša, Tanja Deša, Mario Deša, Romana Deša, Božo Deša, Marina Deša, Milenka Deša, Miro Deša, Josip Deša, Ivana Deša, Branko Deša, Ivan Deša, Željka Deša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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