de Shan Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

de Shan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Shan 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
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

de Shan (9) may also be a first name.

de Shan Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Shan is most common in Guyana. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

de Shan is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of de Shan reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America. de Shan is also the 3,941,740th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 9 people.

The last name is most frequent in Guyana, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 762,221. In Guyana de Shan is mostly found in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Guyana this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.

de Shan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Shan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the de Shan surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 Shane9337/
de Shaun932/
de San922,086/
de Schant8813/
de Schaun881/
der Shann881/
de Schane881/
de Sain86320/
de Sant8659/
de Chan8644/
de Shon8629/
de Sane8613/
de Sand863/
de Sean862/
da Shan861/
di Shan861/
de Sang861/
de Sham860/
de Saint806,853/
de Shong80158/
de Chand8026/
de Chant8024/
de Chang8013/
de Schon803/
der Sand802/
de Chane802/
de Shone801/
de Saine801/
de Satin801/
da Sahan801/
de Zan772,008/
de Sen77223/
da San77208/
di San7759/
de Sam7717/
de Son776/
De-San774/
de Chaine758/
de Chacin753/
der Chang753/
der Sandt752/
de Chagne751/
de Schone751/
de Sasint751/
des Chane751/
de Sangue750/
de Sion7150/
de Cean7140/
de Cham7127/
de Seyn7117/
de Song716/
da Sant715/
de Syon714/
di Chan712/
da Chan712/
de Shouten711/
de Sson711/
da Sanh711/
di Sant711/
de Sein711/
Di Sham711/
da Shaheen711/
de Hsen711/
des Chaine710/
de Seijn6721/
de Sonne6712/
de Chong677/
da Chang674/
di Chang673/
de Schotten672/
De-Shong672/
de Seine672/
de Sseyn671/
da Sanne671/
de Schouten671/
De-Saint671/
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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 Shan
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