Descendier Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Descendier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Descendier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France151:4,428,181244,602
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Descendier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Descendier is found most in France. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Descendier? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Descendier is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Descendier live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 4,428,181. In France it is most common in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 73 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 13 percent live and Brittany, where 7 percent live. Barring France this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 6 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Descender952/
Dessendier90296/
Desender89721/
Decender89172/
Discendiere861/
Descendre84147/
Desendere8452/
Dessender8411/
Deseunder841/
Detjendier800/
Desendre7821/
Desinder7819/
Decendre7810/
Desynder782/
Decemder781/
Dessendre7441/
Deandie711/
Dehendji674/
Deundji591/
Deandji591/
Deundjui562/
Dissindje531/
Dezindiyi531/

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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
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  • 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 Descendier
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