Deschacht Surname

375,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 953 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Deschacht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deschacht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium8161:14,0892,135
France981:677,78386,620
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Deschacht Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deschacht is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deschacht? popularity and diffusion

The surname Deschacht is the 375,572nd most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 7,646,953 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Deschacht reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 816 people, or 1 in 14,089. In Belgium Deschacht is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 10 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Schacht95200/
Deschachte9526/
Deschagt8276/
de Schagt7851/
Deschaiset741/
Tschachtti740/
Tschachtty740/
Deshikat7152/
Deshakat714/
Doychast590/

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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 Deschacht
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