de Courten Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

de Courten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Courten Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland891:92,28010,121
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Courten Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Courten Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Courten has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Courten? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Courten is the 1,775,494th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of de Courten reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 92,280. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Valais, where 38 percent are found, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 17 percent are found and Canton of Zürich, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Decourten9527/
de Courtenay9121/
de Courteney915/
de Courtin901/
de Courtney8614/
Decourtenay8611/
de Curton842/
De-Courtenay821/
de Cortina8014/
Decourtney808/
de Cortona803/
de Cartena801/
Decortin7815/
Decurton780/
De'courtney761/
de Cordon7423/
de Carton745/
de Cartin742/
Decortney741/
de Cordón741/
de Cartón741/
Decoretin740/
de Gourdon709/
de Cordona704/
da Cortuna702/
de Cardena702/
Decuratana701/
de Cartana701/
de Cartona701/
Tecourtney701/
Decritan6732/
Dogurtan6716/
Decarton679/
Decordon673/
Decartin671/
Degarten670/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Courten
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