Desai

E120970
Indian surname surname

Desai is an Indian surname commonly associated with various communities, historically linked to landownership and administrative roles.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Desai canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian surname ⓘ
surname ⓘ
category Surnames of Indian origin ⓘ
etymologyFrom Sanskrit deśa ⓘ
Sanskrit svāmī ⓘ
hasCountryOfOrigin India ⓘ
hasHistoricalAssociation landownership ⓘ
local governance ⓘ
revenue collection ⓘ
village administration ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
Konkani ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Telugu ⓘ
hasMeaning chief of a district ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
lord of the land ⓘ
hasNotableBearer Anita Desai ⓘ
Bhupendra Desai ⓘ
Kiran Desai ⓘ
Morarji Desai ⓘ
Nitin Desai ⓘ
Rahul Desai ⓘ
hasRegionOfOrigin Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Goa ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
hasType occupational surname ⓘ
hasVariantTransliteration Deshay ⓘ
Dessai ⓘ
isUsedAs family name ⓘ
script Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari

Gujarati script ⓘ
usedByCommunity Anavil Brahmin ⓘ
Daivajna communities ⓘ
Patidar community ⓘ
surface form: Gujarati Vaishya communities

Konkani-speaking communities ⓘ
Lingayat communities ⓘ
Maratha communities ⓘ
Patidar ⓘ
usedByReligion Hindu ⓘ
Jains ⓘ
surface form: Jain

Muslim ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahadev Desai → familyName → Desai ⓘ
Morarji Desai → familyName → Desai ⓘ