Death Surname
Approximately 2,111 people bear this surname
Death Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dethe,' a spot I have failed to discover. 'Aeth is a place in Flanders, and the family of Death, or D'Aeth, of Knowlton, baronets, are asserted to have come from that locality. See Burke's Ext.
Read More About This SurnameDeath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Australia | 434 | 1:62,202 | 7,507 |
| England | 288 | 1:193,465 | 17,079 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| New Zealand | 183 | 1:24,745 | 4,327 |
| Canada | 159 | 1:231,733 | 22,208 |
| United States | 126 | 1:2,876,658 | 169,773 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 31 | 1:142,899 | 7,868 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,462 | 1:16,673 | 2,433 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
The alternate forms: Déàth (1) are calculated separately.
Death (230) may also be a first name.
Death Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dethe,' a spot I have failed to discover. 'Aeth is a place in Flanders, and the family of Death, or D'Aeth, of Knowlton, baronets, are asserted to have come from that locality. See Burke's Ext. Baronetage': Lower. The day of judgement will revise Burke, or, at least, ask for proof. On the strength of that statement Death is now occasionally found as Daeth. Old Cambridge men will remember the firm of Death and Dyson, which latter name they unkindly pronounced Dy-soon.
For D’Aeth or D’Ethe = Of Aeth or Ethe (Belgium) or Eth (Nord, France) 2 a nickname [Middle English deeth, Old English deáð]
"Death" was a common character in the medieval mysteries or miracle plays: but this surname is probably derived from a local source. Aeth is a place in Flanders, and the family of Death or D'Aeth of Knowlton, baronets, are asserted to have come from that locality. See Burke's Ext. Baronetage.
Properly D'Aeth, still an English name, and said to be from Aeth, in Flanders. This may refer to Ath, a fortified town of Belgium, prov. Hainault. The name D'ath is found in the U.S. There is a surgeon and also an undertaker named Death. "At the Liverpool Police-court, on Friday, the witnesses and solicitor in two cases bore the ominous names of Death, Debt, and Daggers" (Morning Star). One family of the name of H. E. Death, having an objection to the name, changed it to Edeath. The U.S. names Date and Datt and the English name Dates may be derived from Death, D'Aeth, or D'Ath.
A form of Daeth.
From the French, D’Aeth; a personal name Aeth; a location name in Flanders.
Death Demographics
Average Death Salary in
United States
$62,196 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Death Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Death Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Death (Arabic: فأة, Oriya: େଦତ) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can be found as a variant: Déàth. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Death? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 198,162nd most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,452,177 people. The last name Death occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 29 percent of Death live; 29 percent live in Australasia and 29 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Death is also the 591,855th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 230 people.
The last name Death is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 188,393. Besides Egypt Death is found in 62 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 21 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.
Death Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Death has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 168 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 19 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Death Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (48%) in Ireland.
The amount Death earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 44.14% more than the national average, earning $62,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.16% more than the national average, earning $56,221 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Death Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Death in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦତ | edata | - |
| Death in the Arabic language | ||
| فأة | fat | - |
| موته | mwth | - |
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