Desi Surname
Approximately 12,507 people bear this surname
Desi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5,846 | 1:22,622 | 2,719 |
| Ethiopia | 4,185 | 1:23,309 | 2,960 |
| India | 1,127 | 1:680,626 | 31,834 |
| South Africa | 387 | 1:139,994 | 16,127 |
| United States | 226 | 1:1,603,801 | 107,667 |
| Papua New Guinea | 112 | 1:72,801 | 9,515 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Italy | 63 | 1:970,741 | 68,914 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Solomon Islands | 38 | 1:15,264 | 2,918 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
The alternate forms: Dési (234) are calculated separately.
Desi (261,941) may also be a first name.
Desi Demographics
Average Male Desi Height
174.66 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Desi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desi (Hindi: देसी, Marathi: डेसी, Oriya: େଦଶି, Tibetan: བདེ་སྲིད།) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Dési. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Desi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 41,728th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 582,677 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Desi are found; 47 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 47 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Desi is also the 4,019th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 261,941 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 5,846 people, or 1 in 22,622. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Sumatra, where 13 percent are found, West Java, where 13 percent are found and West Kalimantan, where 10 percent are found. Not including Indonesia Desi is found in 64 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 33 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Desi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Desi last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Desi earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 42.37% less than the national average, earning €17,306 per year; in South Africa they earn 13.14% less than the national average, earning R 206,412 per year; in United States they earn 14.33% less than the national average, earning $36,966 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.9% less than the national average, earning $36,813 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desi in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདེ་སྲིད། | dési | - |
| Desi in the Marathi language | ||
| डेसी | desi | 74.75 |
| देसी | desi | 15.35 |
| देसाई | desa'i | 5.94 |
| डॅसी | desi | 1.98 |
| देसा़ई | desai | 0.99 |
| डेॅसी | deesi | 0.5 |
| डेस | desa | 0.5 |
| Desi in the Hindi language | ||
| देसी | desi | 50.54 |
| डेसी | desi | 47.31 |
| डे्सी | desi | 1.08 |
| Desi in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦଶି | edasi | 40.57 |
| େଦଶୀ | edasi | 35.85 |
| େଦସି | edasi | 15.09 |
| େଡସି | edasi | 3.77 |
| େଦସୀ | edasi | 2.83 |
| େଦଷୀ | edasi | 0.94 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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
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