Desai
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Marathi देसाई (desāī, “leader of a village”), or from Gujarati દેસાઈ (desāī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Proper noun
editDesai (plural Desais)
- A surname from Gujarati.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Desai is the 1938th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18638 individuals. Desai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.75%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Desai”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 447.