Desi Forename
4,019th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 261,941 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia
Desi Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 99% | 246,709 | 1:1,046 | 67 |
| United States | 75% | 4,628 | 1:78,336 | 3,781 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,468 | 1:28,132 | 3,442 |
| India | 67% | 2,036 | 1:596,698 | 45,605 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 652 | 1:25,923 | 2,261 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87% | 277 | 1:29,431 | 2,926 |
| DR Congo | 63% | 274 | 1:269,444 | 11,005 |
| Canada | 100% | 273 | 1:121,368 | 5,700 |
| Israel | 96% | 259 | 1:32,444 | 2,457 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 244 | 1:124,795 | 8,277 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 222 | 1:32,216 | 3,086 |
| Nepal | 54% | 218 | 1:130,676 | 6,550 |
| England | 57% | 191 | 1:291,115 | 7,446 |
| Philippines | 72% | 185 | 1:573,024 | 18,360 |
| Italy | 98% | 151 | 1:404,385 | 4,604 |
| Qatar | 100% | 123 | 1:19,265 | 2,894 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 119 | 1:58,743 | 2,692 |
| Brazil | 100% | 116 | 1:1,846,863 | 39,966 |
| Australia | - | 101 | 1:135,224 | 4,316 |
| Thailand | 100% | 81 | 1:865,010 | 33,530 |
| Spain | - | 75 | 1:620,400 | 7,047 |
| Zambia | - | 66 | 1:240,224 | 7,747 |
| South Africa | 67% | 61 | 1:893,978 | 35,430 |
| Taiwan | 72% | 61 | 1:389,667 | 25,052 |
| Congo | 67% | 57 | 1:87,881 | 5,958 |
| Uganda | 71% | 51 | 1:803,077 | 15,275 |
| Pakistan | 82% | 48 | 1:4,049,118 | 41,937 |
| Zimbabwe | 88% | 45 | 1:342,751 | 17,604 |
| Germany | 100% | 41 | 1:2,357,997 | 12,782 |
| Mexico | 56% | 28 | 1:4,433,730 | 18,735 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 28 | 1:6,341,584 | 86,017 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 27 | 1:68,265 | 1,323 |
| Albania | 77% | 26 | 1:117,176 | 7,651 |
| Peru | 67% | 25 | 1:1,271,658 | 15,483 |
| Afghanistan | 83% | 21 | 1:1,553,501 | 15,583 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 21 | 1:169,062 | 2,383 |
| Singapore | 100% | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 19 | 1:1,589,573 | 29,905 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 18 | 1:75,634 | 5,830 |
| France | - | 17 | 1:3,910,020 | 17,575 |
| Russia | 83% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Sweden | 100% | 9 | 1:1,095,323 | 21,139 |
| Bahamas | - | 8 | 1:49,921 | 1,259 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Switzerland | 96% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7 | 1:1,641,434 | 16,483 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Cameroon | 62% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| New Zealand | - | 5 | 1:907,209 | 10,885 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Chile | 75% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Finland | - | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Turkey | - | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| China | - | 2 | 1:683,027,891 | 94,999 |
| Czechia | 73% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Dési (9) & Dèsi (1) are calculated separately.
Desi (12,507) may also be a surname.
Desi Forename Popularity
Desi Demographics
Desi Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 1 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Desi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desi in the Russian language | ||
| Деси | desi | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Desi