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 found most in India. It can also appear in the variant forms: Dessaï. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dessai is the 34,704th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 477,246 people. Dessai is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dessai live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Luso-South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The last name 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 frequent in: Goa, where 99 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 0 percent are found and Karnataka, where 0 percent are found. Outside of India this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 4 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Dessai
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