Decline Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Decline Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 94 | 1:706,625 | 89,060 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Decline (23) may also be a first name.
Decline Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decline Come From? nationality or country of origin
Decline is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decline? popularity and diffusion
Decline is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Decline are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 23 people.
The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 706,625. In France it is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 96 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 2 percent live and Brittany, where 1 percent live. Beside France it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and Egypt, where 3 percent live.
Decline Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Decline has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Decline last name fell 36 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declines | 93 | 421 | / |
| Deckline | 93 | 1 | / |
| Declaine | 93 | 0 | / |
| Declein | 86 | 36 | / |
| Desline | 86 | 4 | / |
| Dekline | 86 | 4 | / |
| Dezline | 86 | 1 | / |
| Declene | 86 | 1 | / |
| Declain | 86 | 1 | / |
| Declyne | 86 | 1 | / |
| Decleene | 80 | 425 | / |
| Dekleine | 80 | 168 | / |
| Desclain | 80 | 13 | / |
| Declenes | 80 | 3 | / |
| Declinis | 80 | 2 | / |
| Deslines | 80 | 1 | / |
| Decleane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Declaina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Declen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Declem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deslignes | 75 | 91 | / |
| Desslines | 75 | 1 | / |
| Diekleine | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dekleijne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Deklein | 71 | 75 | / |
| Decleyn | 71 | 50 | / |
| Declean | 71 | 5 | / |
| Deklijn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deslini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Declaim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Decleny | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deslene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Diclain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dysline | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deklyne | 71 | 0 | / |
| Deslegne | 67 | 10 | / |
| Deacklen | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dekleyne | 67 | 8 | / |
| Deslaini | 67 | 4 | / |
| Daisline | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dejlenej | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dekleijn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Deuslene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Declenio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diclenes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deslenne | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Decline
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