Decours Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Decours Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Decours Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1691:393,03457,995
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

The alternate forms: Décours (1) are calculated separately.

Decours Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Decours Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Decours is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Décours. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Decours? popularity and diffusion

The last name Decours is the 1,305,105th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname Decours occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Decours are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 393,034. In France Decours is mostly concentrated in: Normandy, where 32 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Occitanie, where 11 percent live. Not including France this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Décours951/
Descours932,047/
Decourse9310/
Decors9298/
Decurs920/
Decorse86338/
Dejours86183/
Decuers8650/
Descors8621/
Dekours863/
Dicours861/
Discours80372/
Desjours80349/
Decource802/
Decars7715/
Dekors7711/
Dezors778/
Desors774/
Décors771/
Decorx771/
Dejors771/
Desurs770/
Dacors770/
Decauwers7539/
Decorce7178/
Discors7167/
Diseurs7157/
Dezhors7115/
Dekhors719/
Dekorse714/
Descars713/
Dezorse712/
Decairs711/
Dekorsz711/
Dickurs711/
Deckars710/
Desource672/
Desoyers671/
Dejowers671/
Doccorss671/
Deicurch670/

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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 Decours
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