Dequevy Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dequevy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dequevy 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
Belgium741:155,36021,583
France21:33,211,361423,184

The alternate forms: Dequévy (65) are calculated separately.

Dequevy Last Name Facts

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

Dequevy is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Dequévy. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dequevy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dequevy live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 155,360. In Belgium Dequevy is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 91 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live and Flemish Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Belgium this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in France, where 3 percent live.

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
Dequévy9565/
Deguev771/
Dqev731/
Deguevi71110/
Decueva716/
Degueva712/
Decouvy710/
Dequimpe6718/
de Cueva678/
Dekevych677/
Deguv673/
Desquive671/
Deguevia671/
de Couvy670/
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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 Dequevy
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