Decline Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Decline Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Decline Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France941:706,62589,060
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

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

The last name Decline occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Decline? popularity and diffusion

The surname Decline is the 1,658,108th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Decline reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Decline is also the 2,239,265th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.

The last name Decline is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 706,625. In France Decline is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 96 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 2 percent live and Brittany, where 1 percent live. Not including France Decline 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 frequency of Decline has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Decline surname declined 36 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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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