Decartes Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Decartes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Decartes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium621:185,43024,739
France61:11,070,454349,096
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Decartes (65) may also be a first name.

Decartes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Decartes occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Decartes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,136,387th most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Decartes live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Decartes is also the 1,212,820th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 65 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 185,430. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Belgium this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Decartes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Decartes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Decartes surname grew 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Decartes Last Name Statistics demography

Decartes earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.89% less than the national average, earning $22,917 USD per year.

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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 Decartes
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