Decoster Surname
Approximately 8,132 people bear this surname
Decoster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 4,523 | 1:2,542 | 222 |
| France | 1,979 | 1:33,564 | 4,084 |
| United States | 1,420 | 1:255,253 | 24,193 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 135 | 1:371,990 | 28,019 |
The alternate forms: Décoster (1) are calculated separately.
Decoster (229) may also be a first name.
Decoster Demographics
Average Decoster Salary in
United States
$49,353 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Decoster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decoster Come From? nationality or country of origin
Decoster occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Décoster. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Decoster? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 61,798th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 896,157 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Decoster reside; 81 percent reside in Western Europe and 42 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Decoster is also the 593,349th most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 229 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 4,523 people, or 1 in 2,542. In Belgium Decoster is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent live, Walloon Region, where 19 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Belgium this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in France, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
Decoster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Decoster has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,052 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Decoster Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Decoster last name are 8.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.93% registered with the party.
The amount Decoster earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.38% more than the national average, earning $49,353 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.87% less than the national average, earning $47,761 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
- 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 Decoster
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