de Quay Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Quay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Quay 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
Netherlands691:244,74231,623
France321:2,075,710171,237
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

de Quay Last Name Facts

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

de Quay occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name de Quay occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of de Quay reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 46 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Quay is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 244,742. In The Netherlands de Quay is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 30 percent reside, Utrecht, where 23 percent reside and South Holland, where 20 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 21 percent reside and Switzerland, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Quoy8625/
De-Quay866/
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de Kay7724/
de Que775/
de Cay773/
de Gua771/
di Qua771/
de Qui771/
de Cua771/
de Guayas751/
de Cuia7181/
de Guha7125/
de Quer7124/
de Quaggio711/
de Kayo711/
de Ques711/
de Quit711/
de Guea711/
de Guad711/
de Cuyp711/
de Kaye711/
de Quidt6732/
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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 Quay
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