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 surname Dessai (Marathi: देसाई, Russian: Дессаи) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Dessaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dessai is the 34,704th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 477,246 people. The surname 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. Dessai is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 15 people.
Dessai is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 13,957 people, or 1 in 54,959. In India Dessai is most prevalent in: Goa, where 99 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside and Karnataka, where 0 percent reside. Not including India it exists in 23 countries. It is also common 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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