Department Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Department Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Department 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
China2141:6,389,353499
Malaysia431:685,91232,468
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Department (32) may also be a first name.

Department Last Name Facts

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

The surname Department is held by more people in China than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Department? popularity and diffusion

Department is the 917,199th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Department reside; 74 percent reside in East Asia and 74 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 1,840,253rd most common first name globally. It is borne by 32 people.

The surname Department is most commonly held in China, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 6,389,353. Outside of China this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 15 percent reside and Sudan, where 9 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
Departament9511/
Departmen951/
Departmnet905/
Depertment904/
Deaprtment902/
Dipartment901/
Deportament863/
Dpartmint841/
Deportemont764/
de Portemont7329/
Diparatamanat70154/
Daparatamanat7022/
Diparataminat701/
Dapiaratamanat6714/
de Brito Monte584/
de Britto Monte561/
de Abreu Damante542/
do Prado Monte501/
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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 Department
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