de Sauvage Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Sauvage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Sauvage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1691:68,02710,874
France321:2,075,710171,237
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

de Sauvage Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Sauvage is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name de Sauvage is the 1,088,856th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of de Sauvage live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name de Sauvage is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 68,027. In Belgium it is most common in: Brussels Capital Region, where 43 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 39 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 18 percent reside. Barring Belgium de Sauvage exists in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 14 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Desauvage9542/
Dessauvage9052/
Desavage8952/
Dessauvagie86303/
de Cavage840/
Desvage821/
Dauesavage801/
Dusavage7879/
Dausavage741/
Desvige712/
Desvoge710/
Day-Savage703/
Tsavyage671/
Tsavgee5991/
Desfigie561/
Dzvege501/

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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 Sauvage
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