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
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Decoster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decoster Come From? nationality or country of origin
Decoster is most common in Belgium. It may appear as a variant: Décoster. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Decoster? popularity and diffusion
The last name Decoster is the 61,798th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 896,157 people. This surname 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 numerous first name world-wide, held by 229 people.
The surname is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 4,523 people, or 1 in 2,542. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 19 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Belgium Decoster exists in 29 countries. It is also found in France, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Decoster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Decoster has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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 Decoster are 8.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.93% registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Decoster
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