Decotignies Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Decotignies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Decotignies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decotignies Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Decotignies occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decotignies? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Decotignies are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,748,322. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 50 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 50 percent reside. Besides Belgium Decotignies exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and France, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decottignies | 96 | 1,726 | / |
| Decotignie | 95 | 49 | / |
| Decotignes | 95 | 2 | / |
| Deccottignies | 92 | 13 | / |
| Decouttignies | 92 | 1 | / |
| Decottignes | 91 | 7 | / |
| Decottignie | 91 | 2 | / |
| Decottegnies | 87 | 14 | / |
| Decotegnie | 86 | 42 | / |
| Decottinie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Decottegnie | 82 | 47 | / |
| Decotenie | 80 | 19 | / |
| Decottenier | 73 | 24 | / |
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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 Decotignies
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