Descants Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Descants Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Descants Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Descants Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Descants is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Descants? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Descants is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Descants are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 67 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 33 percent are found. Barring France Descants is found in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deschants | 94 | 9 | / |
| Descant | 93 | 453 | / |
| Decants | 93 | 33 | / |
| Desants | 93 | 6 | / |
| Deschaints | 89 | 0 | / |
| Descamts | 88 | 4 | / |
| Descante | 88 | 2 | / |
| Desaints | 88 | 2 | / |
| Descands | 88 | 1 | / |
| Decant | 86 | 507 | / |
| Decante | 80 | 160 | / |
| Discant | 80 | 82 | / |
| Decandt | 80 | 46 | / |
| Deckant | 80 | 41 | / |
| Dekants | 80 | 12 | / |
| Decamts | 80 | 8 | / |
| Descont | 80 | 5 | / |
| Deconts | 80 | 2 | / |
| Descand | 80 | 1 | / |
| Deceant | 80 | 1 | / |
| Desantz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Disants | 80 | 1 | / |
| Decannt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Deshkant | 75 | 42 | / |
| Desconte | 75 | 38 | / |
| Decoonts | 75 | 1 | / |
| Descanci | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dekant | 71 | 55 | / |
| Decont | 71 | 35 | / |
| Decand | 71 | 17 | / |
| Desanz | 71 | 17 | / |
| Dyschkant | 71 | 10 | / |
| Decamt | 71 | 5 | / |
| Décant | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deshkanth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dyskant | 67 | 260 | / |
| Dicante | 67 | 236 | / |
| Diskant | 67 | 180 | / |
| Deconte | 67 | 147 | / |
| Dekhant | 67 | 116 | / |
| Descamd | 67 | 41 | / |
| Dequant | 67 | 35 | / |
| Disands | 67 | 34 | / |
| Dickant | 67 | 27 | / |
| Discont | 67 | 12 | / |
| Deicont | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dyscont | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dekante | 67 | 4 | / |
| Deckand | 67 | 3 | / |
| Decount | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dișcant | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dyshchkant | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diesanz | 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 Descants
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