Decoste Surname
Approximately 3,761 people bear this surname
Decoste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2,167 | 1:17,003 | 2,441 |
| United States | 1,462 | 1:247,920 | 23,612 |
| Haiti | 93 | 1:114,881 | 5,373 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Décoste (34) are calculated separately.
Decoste (10) may also be a first name.
Decoste Demographics
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Decoste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decoste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Decoste is borne by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Décoste. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decoste? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 121,707th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,937,662 people. The surname Decoste is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Decoste are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Decoste is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name globally, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Canada, where it is carried by 2,167 people, or 1 in 17,003. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 36 percent are found, Nova Scotia, where 33 percent are found and Ontario, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Canada Decoste exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent are found and Haiti, where 2 percent are found.
Decoste Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Decoste has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Decoste surname grew 20,886 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Decoste Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Decoste are 39.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.26% being registered with the party.
The amount Decoste earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 13.85% more than the national average, earning $49,123 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.36% less than the national average, earning $42,551 CAD 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
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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 Decoste
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