Descant Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Descant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 441 | 1:821,902 | 63,073 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Descant Demographics
Average Descant Salary in
United States
$41,826 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Descant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Descant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Descant is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Descant click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Descant? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 662,685th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 15 percent of Descant reside; 15 percent reside in North America and 15 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 441 people, or 1 in 821,902. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 3 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 2 percent are found and Florida, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The United States Descant is found in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Descant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Descant has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Descant last name grew 4,009 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Descant Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Descant surname are 29.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.53% registered to vote for the political party.
Descant earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.07% less than the national average, earning $41,826 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 Descant
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