Degans Surname

714,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Degans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Degans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3271:203,12831,564
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Degans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Degans is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Degans.

How Common Is The Last Name Degans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Degans is the 714,947th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,817,961 people. Degans occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Degans live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Degans is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 203,128. In France it is mostly found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 39 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 26 percent live and Occitanie, where 24 percent live. Barring France it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Degans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Degans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Degans last name contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Degans Last Name Statistics demography

Degans earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 18.96% less than the national average, earning $40,264 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deggans9237/
Desgans9218/
Deegans926/
Degains922/
Deganns921/
Deagans920/
Dogans8393/
Dagans8321/
Digans833/
Degams831/
Dighans77181/
Degance7772/
Diggans7759/
Doggans7723/
Degonse778/
Daggans770/
Deagons770/
Dichgans7120/
Dagons6754/
Digons6714/
Degonz678/
Digance62167/
Diggons62109/
Daggons627/
Diggance577/

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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
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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 Degans
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