de Lavalette Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

de Lavalette Surname Definition:

De la Valet: from Lanvalle, opposite Dinan. At the beginning of the reign of Henry II. William de Lanvallee held a barony in Essex.

de Lavalette 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
France1131:587,81278,453
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

de Lavalette (20) may also be a first name.

de Lavalette Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

De la Valet: from Lanvalle, opposite Dinan. At the beginning of the reign of Henry II. William de Lanvallee held a barony in Essex.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
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de Lavalette Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Lavalette is found most in France. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 1,491,356th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of de Lavalette are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

de Lavalette is most common in France, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 587,812. In France de Lavalette is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 51 percent are found, Occitanie, where 16 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 12 percent are found. Besides France it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 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
de La Valette9618/
Delavalette9617/
de Lavaletta926/
de La Vallette924/
dela Valette921/
Delavalett911/
de Laviolette882/
de Leavaletta881/
de Lavault822/
Delvalet8064/
de Lavillatte801/
de Lavalade7814/
de La Villetti771/
Delavault761,529/
Delvallet76408/
de Lavallade7527/
de Lavillate751/
de La Valade751/
Delvalt741/
Delaflotte7342/
Delavalade736/
Delevallet733/
Dellavolte733/
Delaveault732/
Delavallade70428/
Delavald70132/
Delvolte704/
Delvalat703/
Dellavald6712/
del Flete671/
Delivalta671/
dela Vallade671/
Delaflote670/
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