de Courtenay Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

de Courtenay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Courtenay 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
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Courtenay Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Courtenay occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of de Courtenay.

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

The surname de Courtenay is the 4,307,654th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of de Courtenay reside; 86 percent reside in Australasia and 86 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name de Courtenay is most frequently used in Australia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,499,761. In Australia de Courtenay is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 56 percent reside, Western Australia, where 39 percent reside and New South Wales, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Australia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.

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
Decourtenay9611/
de Courteney925/
De-Courtenay921/
de Courten91107/
de Courtney8714/
Decourten8627/
de Cortina8214/
Decourtney828/
de Cortona823/
de Courtin821/
de Cartena821/
De'courtney781/
de Curton762/
Decortney761/
de Cordona734/
da Cortuna732/
de Cardena732/
Decuratana731/
Tecourtney731/
de Cartana731/
de Cartona731/
Decortin7015/
Decurton700/
de Cordon6723/
de Carton675/
de Cartin672/
de Cartón671/
de Cordón671/
Decordona671/
Decartney671/
Decardena671/
Decoretin670/
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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 Courtenay
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