de Main Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

de Main Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Main Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia821:329,21628,102
England261:2,143,00282,017
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

de Main Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Main is most common in Australia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

It is the 1,674,734th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 69 percent of de Main are found; 69 percent are found in Australasia and 69 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most frequent in Australia, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 329,216. In Australia de Main is primarily concentrated in: New South Wales, where 78 percent reside, Queensland, where 21 percent reside and Victoria, where 1 percent reside. Other than Australia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

de Main Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Main has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the de Main last name rose 163 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Main
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