View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Desir Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Desir (Marathi: डेसीर, Oriya: େଦଶିର) is more commonly found in Haiti than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Désir. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Desir? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 8,317^th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 106,321 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Desir are found; 92 percent are found in Caribbean and 91 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 176,115^th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,868 people.

The surname Desir is most frequently used in Haiti, where it is borne by 62,009 people, or 1 in 172. In Haiti Desir is most frequent in: Ouest, where 32 percent reside, Artibonite, where 17 percent reside and Centre, where 11 percent reside. Other than Haiti it occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Desir Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Desir has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 58,683 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Desir Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Desir surname are 29.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 82.71% registered with the political party.

The amount Desir earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 287.15% more than the national average, earning S/. 75,049 per year; in United States they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning $43,970 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.61% less than the national average, earning $39,940 CAD per year.