Family name Desta (Desta 
, ديستا) , across the world, is a widespread cognomen. The last name Desta is characteristic of Ethiopia, where it is a common surname, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Lebanon. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Desta is the forename as well as the last name.
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desta damtew Ethiopian noble and army commander (b. 1892) |
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hirut desta Ethiopian Princess (1930-2014), ET (b. 1930) |
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iskinder desta Ethiopian naval officer (1934–1974), ET (b. 1934) |
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| mekonnen desta Ethiopian intellectual, patriot, and politician in post-Italian Ethiopia, ET (b. 1910) |
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| desta bairu Ethopian-American cook and restaurateur (b. 1914) |
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| desta mar dancer, FR (b. 1924) |
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| aida desta Ethiopian nobility (1927-2013), ET (b. 1927) |
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deddy mahendra desta Indonesian comedian ,actor, and musician, ID (b. 1977) |
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| sophia desta Ethiopian Princess (b. 1933) |
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| fisseha desta Ethiopian politician and military officer, ET (b. 1941) |
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| desta hagos Eritrean painter, born 1952, active in Ethiopia (b. 1952) |
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| abraham desta (b. 1951) |
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| lulseged tamene desta Ethiopian geographer, ET (b. 1969) |
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| desta asgedom Ethiopian athletics competitor (1972-1992), ET (b. 1972) |
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| desta heliso (b. 1964) |
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