Decroly Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Decroly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Decroly Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2021:56,9149,215
France301:2,214,091176,965
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Decroly (213) may also be a first name.

Decroly Last Name Facts

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

The last name Decroly is found most frequently in Belgium. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Decroly? popularity and diffusion

The surname Decroly is the 1,055,483rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Decroly live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Decroly is also the 619,385th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 213 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 56,914. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 89 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 0 percent reside. Other than Belgium Decroly exists in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekroly8624/
Decroli864/
Decraly860/
Dekroli715/
Dicrola711/
Decrulle6767/
Dicrolis672/
Decraules631/
Decruille631/
Descroiselles601/
Descroisselles5717/
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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 Decroly
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