Degives Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Degives Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Degives Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2151:53,4738,718
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Degives Last Name Facts

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

The last name Degives is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Degives click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Degives? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,006,539th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Degives live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 53,473. In Belgium Degives is most common in: Walloon Region, where 82 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent are found and Mexico, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deguives931/
Degive92412/
Degyves8658/
Degibes863/
Deguive861/
Degeves861/
Degivez861/
Dejives861/
Degesves8022/
Desive7729/
Degeve773/
Dejive773/
Decive770/
Deseive71100/
Desaive7174/
Dejaive7125/
Dedjive7122/
Desiver7114/
Dejibes711/
Degivio711/
Degever710/
Deaceves675/
Dedjived671/
Disceive670/

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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 Degives
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