Descostes Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Descostes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Descostes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France501:1,328,454133,611
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Descostes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Descostes occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Descostes? popularity and diffusion

Descostes is the 2,185,341st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. Descostes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Descostes live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most numerous in France, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,328,454. In France Descostes is primarily found in: Occitanie, where 42 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 40 percent reside and Grand Est, where 6 percent reside. Apart from France Descostes is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 31 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Descostes Last Name Statistics demography

Descostes earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 29.01% less than the national average, earning $35,268 CAD per year.

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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 Descostes
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