Dei
surname · Latin script
Meaning: contração de de + i ('dos'); indica filiação ou pertença
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/daj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dei is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In Ghana it is the 30th most common surname.
- INIndia1 in 825K(measured from records)
- GHGhana≈1 in 675as Doe
- PKPakistan≈1 in 884as Doe
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dei itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- #940 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 418 (measured from records)
- 1 in 825K (inferred from the name graph)
≈260,000 named Doe, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
India
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Doe in NG Nigeria, GH Ghana, PK Pakistan and 3 more and Delphine in CM Cameroon.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
contração de de + i ('dos'); indica filiação ou pertença.
Sources 1
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dei counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #420 | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 884 | — | Doe | 11 |
| NG Nigeria | #616 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Doe | 26 |
| GH Ghana | #30 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 675 | — | Doe | 64 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | listed | Doe | 57 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #270 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Doe | 11 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Delphine | 33 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #77 | ≈7,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Doe | 30 |
| IN India | #194 | 1,608 | 1 in 825K | 1.6K | Dei | 62 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dei is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, "existence."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In English, Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bar, thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Galician, first-person singular preterite indicative of dar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benedetto Deib. 1418FRItalian historian
- Diana Deib. 1914ITItalian actress (1914–1999)
- Marcello Deib. 1935ITsociologist, historian of pedagogy (1935-)
- Gianni Deib. 1940ITItalian actor (1940–2020)
- Luigi Deib. 1956ITItalian chemist (born 1956)
- Fabio Deib. 1956ITItalian anthropologist (born 1956)
- Davide Deib. 1970Italian literary scholar (1970-)
- Emiliano Deib. 1971ITItalian footballer
- David Deib. 1974ITItalian footballer
- Adora Deiactress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 1.6K | #3,752 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 762 | #892 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Dei?
- A machine transcription gives /daj/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Dei mean?
- Recorded meaning: contração de de + i ('dos'); indica filiação ou pertença.
- In which country does Dei have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 264 thousand people named Doe in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Dei most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dei is densest in India — about 1 in 825 thousand people — even though Pakistan holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Dei?
- In India, the national register counted 1,608 people named Dei, about 1 in 825 thousand residents.
- How common is Dei compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Dei is the 420th most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dei” — the 420th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.