Debois Surname
Approximately 2,037 people bear this surname
Debois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 667 | 1:543,417 | 45,008 |
| France | 615 | 1:108,004 | 16,043 |
| Belgium | 447 | 1:25,720 | 4,085 |
| Denmark | 91 | 1:62,030 | 6,253 |
| Haiti | 78 | 1:136,973 | 5,994 |
| Liberia | 77 | 1:57,254 | 5,055 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 187 | 1:268,549 | 21,901 |
The alternate forms: Débois (9) are calculated separately.
Debois (20) may also be a first name.
Debois Demographics
Average Debois Salary in
United States
$44,239 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Debois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Debois Come From? nationality or country of origin
Debois is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Débois. For other potential spellings of Debois click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Debois? popularity and diffusion
Debois is the 204,099th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,577,588 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Debois are found; 53 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 667 people, or 1 in 543,417. In The United States Debois is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 12 percent are found, Oregon, where 9 percent are found and Michigan, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in France, where 30 percent are found and Belgium, where 22 percent are found.
Debois Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Debois has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 357 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Debois Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Debois surname are 8.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.1% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Debois earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.53% more than the national average, earning $44,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.31% less than the national average, earning $38,101 CAD per year.
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Debois Reference & Research
Dubois Belgium FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Dubois Belgium FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Debois
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis