The DESAI surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	13,057	2540	0.005	48
United States (1880 census)	-1	116326	0	0
Change since 1880	+13058	+113786	+N/A	+N/A
Other Countries
Australia	124	11790	0.001	8
United Kingdom	2,700	2303	0.006	59

Top States for DESAI by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Jersey	2,361	256	0.028	281
California	2,029	1425	0.006	60
Illinois	1,132	962	0.009	91
Texas	986	2146	0.005	47
Georgia	666	1400	0.008	81
Top States for DESAI by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Jersey	2,361	256	0.028	281
Illinois	1,132	962	0.009	91
Georgia	666	1400	0.008	81
Delaware	58	2122	0.007	74
Connecticut	242	1593	0.007	71

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DESAI live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DESAI represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DESAI in New Jersey than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DESAI by picking someone at random in New Jersey than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DESAI

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: India

Language of origin: Hindi

Religious origin: Hindu

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DESAI surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DESAI in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	578	4.43
White (Caucasian)	379	2.9
White (Hispanic)	55	0.42
Native American/Alaskan	37	0.28
Black/African American	33	0.25
Asian/Pacific	11,976	91.72

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DESAI surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to DESAI

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DESAI.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.