Descantes Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Descantes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 76 | 1:873,983 | 102,402 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Descantes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Descantes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Descantes is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Descantes? popularity and diffusion
Descantes is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Descantes live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 873,983. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 68 percent reside, Grand Est, where 24 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 3 percent reside. Barring France this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desantes | 94 | 145 | / |
| Descante | 94 | 2 | / |
| Decantes | 94 | 1 | / |
| Desaintes | 89 | 25 | / |
| Desanties | 89 | 2 | / |
| Descantis | 89 | 1 | / |
| Desantets | 89 | 0 | / |
| Descontes | 89 | 0 | / |
| Decante | 88 | 160 | / |
| Desantis | 82 | 16,275 | / |
| Decanter | 82 | 531 | / |
| Desconte | 82 | 38 | / |
| Decantis | 82 | 28 | / |
| Decontes | 82 | 19 | / |
| Disantes | 82 | 2 | / |
| Desontes | 82 | 1 | / |
| Desantez | 82 | 1 | / |
| Desanntis | 78 | 5 | / |
| De'santis | 78 | 4 | / |
| Deasantis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Desanttis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Decantice | 78 | 1 | / |
| Deseantis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Desaantis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Dicante | 75 | 236 | / |
| Deconte | 75 | 147 | / |
| Decanti | 75 | 49 | / |
| Dekante | 75 | 4 | / |
| Decanty | 75 | 2 | / |
| Desgonttes | 74 | 0 | / |
| Disantis | 71 | 711 | / |
| Decontie | 71 | 100 | / |
| Dekanter | 71 | 86 | / |
| Disconte | 71 | 21 | / |
| Deconter | 71 | 16 | / |
| Decontee | 71 | 12 | / |
| Dicantis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Decontet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deconteh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Décanter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dieconte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Diskante | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dequanter | 67 | 34 | / |
| Dekantios | 67 | 30 | / |
| Decounter | 67 | 27 | / |
| Dejeantis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Disanttis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deconthie | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Descantes
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