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Most common surname in India
People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database
The gotras associated with this surname are angira, deshastha, kashyap, madhana and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and venkateshwara.
The surname has several variations, including Deshayes, Deschesnes, Deschesne, Dechaine, Dechêne, Deshays, Deschenes, Deschene, and Dechênes. The religion associated with DESHA surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname are marathi and kannada.
from iMeUsWe Database
Tamil Nadu
167
Andhra Pradesh
83
Maharashtra
73
Madhya Pradesh
18
Bihar
12
Gujarat
7
Rajasthan
2
Telangana
2
Uttar Pradesh
2
Delhi
1
from iMeUsWe Database
People with the surname DESHA appear across 3 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.
209 (54%)
Voters List
148 (38%)
Food Distribution Records
32 (8%)
Farmer Beneficiary Records
DESHA families worship BHAVANI and KHANDOBA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).
DESHA is classified as a PLACE-based surname because it is historically associated with .
The DESHA surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.
DESHA families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRA, DESHASTHA, KASHYAP, MADHANA, RAGHUKULA.
Tamil Nadu has the highest concentration of the DESHA surname with 167 records (45.5%).
The DESHA surname is written in MARATHI, KANNADA scripts.
DESHA is ranked #12910 in India with approximately 494 people bearing this surname.
The DESHA surname is found across 10 states, with the top 3 being Tamil Nadu (45.5%), Andhra Pradesh (22.6%), Maharashtra (19.9%).