Depson Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Depson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Depson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Depson (309) may also be a first name.

Depson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Depson (Russian: Дэпсон) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Depson? popularity and diffusion

Depson is the 2,580,327th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Depson occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Depson are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 500,178th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 309 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 97 percent live and Plateau, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live.

Depson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Depson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Depson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Depson last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Depson earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.65% less than the national average, earning $34,670 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deepson926/
Dephson923/
Diepson921/
Depsond921/
Deepsong862/
Debson83453/
Devson83165/
Dipson8385/
Depsen8314/
Depsan831/
Dhevson772/
Dipshon770/
Dejpsand718/
Deepesan711/
Debsen67124/
Dipsan6748/
Devsen6731/
Debsan6723/
Dibson6722/
Debsom678/
Devsan672/
Dipsen670/

Depson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Depson in the Russian language
Дэпсонdepson-

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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 Depson
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