Descombe Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Descombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Descombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1551:428,53462,172
England131:4,286,005132,302
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Descombe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Descombe is found most in France. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Descombe.

How Common Is The Last Name Descombe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,295,379th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Descombe reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Descombe is most common in France, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 428,534. In France Descombe is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 48 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 30 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 10 percent are found. Other than France Descombe is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Descombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Descombe has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Descombe surname decreased 13 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Descombe
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