de Little Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

de Little Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Little 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
Australia991:272,68424,601
England121:4,643,172139,951
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

de Little Demographics

de Little Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 7 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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de Little Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Little is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of de Little.

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

The surname de Little is the 1,683,218th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 85 percent of de Little are found; 85 percent are found in Australasia and 85 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 272,684. In Australia it is most frequent in: Victoria, where 61 percent reside, Tasmania, where 38 percent reside and Queensland, where 1 percent reside. Other than Australia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

de Little Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Little has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the de Little surname increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 86 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Little Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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
da Little890/
de Lile8816/
de Lisle82682/
de Lilie8264/
de L'Ile821/
des Lile820/
de Liele820/
de L'Isle7880/
de Leiles781/
de Lily7587/
de Lila7519/
de Lili756/
de Letoile747/
de Leles71734/
de Lelie7135/
De-Lisle7121/
de Lilia716/
de Loila714/
de Leila713/
de Lelee712/
de L'Île711/
De Leili711/
de Laila711/
de Lilis711/
de Leleu711/
de L'Etoile70165/
de L'étoile7019/
de Loiselle705/
de Letoille703/
de Lestoile701/
de L'Estoile6737/
de L'Etoille678/
de L'Étoille671/
de Llelis671/
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de Little Reference & Research

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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 Little
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