Desamais Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Desamais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Desamais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1191:558,17475,634
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Desamais Last Name Facts

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

The surname Desamais is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Desamais? popularity and diffusion

Desamais is the 1,544,715th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Desamais live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 558,174. In France Desamais is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 64 percent live, Normandy, where 14 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 10 percent live. Outside of France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Desamais Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Desamais surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Desamais earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.59% less than the national average, earning $21,750 USD per year.

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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 Desamais
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