Dessie Surname
Approximately 40,909 people bear this surname
Dessie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 40,567 | 1:2,405 | 419 |
| Ivory Coast | 124 | 1:186,058 | 8,172 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Dessie (156,368) may also be a first name.
Dessie Demographics
Average Dessie Salary in
United States
$38,020 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dessie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dessie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dessie (Arabic: ديسي) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dessie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,646th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 178,140 people. The surname Dessie occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dessie are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Dessie is also the 6,717th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 156,368 people.
This surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 40,567 people, or 1 in 2,405. Outside of Ethiopia this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Dessie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dessie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dessie last name increased 554 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dessie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Dessie surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Dessie earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 32.63% less than the national average, earning R 160,104 per year; in United States they earn 11.89% less than the national average, earning $38,020 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.13% less than the national average, earning $40,178 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dessie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dessie in the Arabic language | ||
| ديسي | dysy | - |
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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 Dessie
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