Descance Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Descance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Descance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia1171:408,3256,454
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Descance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Descance occurs in Colombia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Descance? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,666,404th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Descance reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 98 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 408,325. In Colombia it is most common in: Nariño Department, where 43 percent live, Putumayo Department, where 34 percent live and Valle del Cauca Department, where 11 percent live. Besides Colombia it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Descance Last Name Statistics demography

Descance earn significantly less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning $15,770,400 COP 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 Descance
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