Dechêne Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Dechêne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
The alternate forms: Dechene (1,216), Dechène (19), Déchêne (4), Dechéne (1), Déchène (4) & Déchene (1) are calculated separately.
Dechêne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dechêne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dechêne is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Dechene, Dechène, Déchêne, Dechéne, Déchène or Déchene. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dechêne? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Dechêne reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Dechêne is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 499,854. In Belgium Dechêne is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 87 percent live, Flemish Region, where 9 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live. Excluding Belgium it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Dechêne
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