Dessai Surname
Approximately 15,270 people bear this surname
Dessai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13,957 | 1:54,959 | 3,768 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| United Arab Emirates | 102 | 1:89,826 | 8,037 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| South Africa | 66 | 1:820,874 | 55,153 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
The alternate forms: Dessaï (1) are calculated separately.
Dessai (15) may also be a first name.
Dessai Demographics
Average Dessai Salary in
United States
$69,094 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dessai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dessai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dessai (Marathi: देसाई, Russian: Дессаи) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Dessaï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dessai is the 34,704th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 477,246 people. Dessai is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dessai reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Luso-South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 13,957 people, or 1 in 54,959. In India Dessai is most common in: Goa, where 99 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside and Karnataka, where 0 percent reside. Not including India Dessai exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 4 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside.
Dessai Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Dessai earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 54.95% more than the national average, earning R 368,220 per year and in United States they earn 60.13% more than the national average, earning $69,094 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dessai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dessai in the Marathi language | ||
| देसाई | desa'i | 75 |
| देसाइ | desa'i | 25 |
| Dessai in the Russian language | ||
| Дессаи | dessai | - |
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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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- 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 Dessai
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