de Lys Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Tunisia

de Lys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Lys 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
France221:3,019,215204,848
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Lys Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Lys occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of de Lys.

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

The surname de Lys is the 2,436,415th most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of de Lys live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname de Lys is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,019,215. In France de Lys is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 41 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 41 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 5 percent live. Other than France this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 26 percent live and Brazil, where 21 percent live.

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 Loys9210/
de Luyts861/
de Lis83255/
De-Lys8327/
de Les8321/
de Lyz835/
de Lahays801/
de Luis773,959/
de Leus77585/
de Lise77473/
de Lios7768/
de Leis7751/
de Lois7720/
de Luyz7712/
de Luís775/
de Lais774/
de Less773/
de Lese773/
de List772/
de Llis772/
de Liss771/
de Léis771/
de Lees770/
de Luise71943/
de Leest71321/
de Laytz7118/
de Lisse7115/
de Lease719/
de Leese712/
de Laise711/
de Leiss711/
des Luis711/
des Ïles711/
der List711/
de Liz675,325/
De-Lis6710/
de Layhtz671/
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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 Lys
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