Explore the Family Name Dhesi

The meaning of Dhesi

Indian: Jat name of unexplained etymology.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Dhesi in the United States?

The surname Dhesi has seen increased popularity in the United States from 2000 to 2010, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Dhesi was ranked as the 81,700th most common surname and that rank improved significantly to 56,444 by the year 2010, showing a positive change of 30.91 percent. The number of individuals carrying the Dhesi surname also grew from 215 in 2000 to 362 in 2010, a notable increase of 68.37 percent. The proportion of people with the surname Dhesi per 100,000 individuals rose by 50 percent during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#81,700	#56,444	30.91%
Count	215	362	68.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.12	50%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dhesi

In terms of ethnicity, the majority of individuals with the surname Dhesi identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, with this group increasing from 87.44 percent in 2000 to 91.44 percent in 2010, seeing a 4.57 percent rise, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. Those who identified as being of two or more races decreased from 8.84 percent to 4.42 percent. The percentage of white individuals with the Dhesi surname dropped slightly from 2.33 percent to 1.66 percent. There was no presence of Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities noted in either census year. Interestingly, the 2010 census recorded a small percentage (2.21 percent) of individuals with the Dhesi surname identifying as Black, which was not represented in the 2000 census.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	87.44%	91.44%	4.57%
Two or More Races	8.84%	4.42%	-50%
Black	0%	2.21%	0%
White	2.33%	1.66%	-28.76%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%