Surname Despot (Despot 
, Деспот 
, Despote) , throughout the world, is quite a rare last name. The surname Despot is habitual in Croatia, where it is quite a common surname, North Macedonia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Croatia, the United States, and Romania. Very seldom, Despot is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Despot | Croatia, Canada, United States, Romania, North Macedonia |
| Деспот | Bulgaria |
| Despota | India, Germany, United States, Greece |
| despot badžović Serbian activist, MK (b. 1850) |
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| ivan despot Croatian theologian and writer (b. 1851) |
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| ilija despot Croatian theologian, lawyer, poet and writer (b. 1885) |
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veljko despot Croatian journalist and music executive (b. 1948) |
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slobodan despot Swiss journalist, CH (b. 1967) |
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| miroslava despot (b. 1912) |
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adrian despot Romanian singer, RO (b. 1976) |
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| stanko despot Croatian rower (1928-2002), HR (b. 1928) |
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| ante despot (b. 1919) |
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despot višković Serbian association footballer, RS (b. 1980) |
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| blaženka despot Croatian philosopher and sociologist, HR (b. 1930) |
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| branko despot Croatian philosopher, HR (b. 1942) |
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| pavao despot (b. 1936) |
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| đuro despot (b. 1938) |
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| ivo despot Yugoslavian rower (b. 1950) |
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