Desir Surname
Approximately 68,543 people bear this surname
Desir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 62,009 | 1:172 | 17 |
| United States | 3,521 | 1:102,942 | 11,372 |
| France | 742 | 1:89,518 | 12,867 |
| Dominican Republic | 501 | 1:20,824 | 1,368 |
| Saint Lucia | 389 | 1:460 | 81 |
| Brazil | 382 | 1:560,404 | 20,967 |
| Canada | 289 | 1:127,493 | 13,298 |
| Indonesia | 144 | 1:918,397 | 68,422 |
| Belgium | 119 | 1:96,610 | 14,836 |
| England | 114 | 1:488,755 | 31,416 |
| Bahamas | 80 | 1:4,897 | 507 |
| Venezuela | 45 | 1:671,202 | 11,567 |
| Seychelles | 35 | 1:2,640 | 506 |
| Turkey | 28 | 1:2,779,336 | 82,809 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 26 | 1:1,320 | 152 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 15 | 1:7,358 | 1,106 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Désir (146) are calculated separately.
Desir (1,868) may also be a first name.
Desir Demographics
Average Desir Salary in
United States
$43,970 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Desir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Desir (Marathi: डेसीर, Oriya: େଦଶିର) is carried by more people in Haiti than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Désir. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Desir? popularity and diffusion
Desir is the 8,317th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 106,321 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Desir live; 92 percent live in Caribbean and 91 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 176,115th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 1,868 people.
The surname Desir is most frequently held in Haiti, where it is held by 62,009 people, or 1 in 172. In Haiti it is primarily found in: Ouest, where 32 percent are found, Artibonite, where 17 percent are found and Centre, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Haiti it occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Desir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Desir has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Desir surname 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 Democrats than The US average, with 82.71% being registered to vote for the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desir in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦଶିର | edasira | - |
| Desir in the Marathi language | ||
| डेसीर | desira | - |
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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
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- 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 Desir
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