Descours Surname

203,306th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,047 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Descours Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Descours Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,9441:34,1684,163
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Poland181:2,111,597101,748
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States141:25,889,924709,614
England81:6,964,757184,742
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Descours Last Name Facts

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

Descours is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Descours.

How Common Is The Last Name Descours? popularity and diffusion

It is the 203,306th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,560,110 people. Descours is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Descours live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 1,944 people, or 1 in 34,168. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 64 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 13 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.

Descours Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Descours has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Descours last name grew 114 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Descours Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Descours earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 9.41% less than the national average, earning $39,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 98.03% more than the national average, earning $98,386 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Decours93173/
Descors9321/
Discours88372/
Desjours88349/
Decourse8810/
Decors8698/
Desors864/
Decurs860/
Desurs860/
Decorse80338/
Dejours80183/
Discors8067/
Decuers8050/
Dascors803/
Descars803/
Dekours803/
Décours801/
Dicours801/
Deschars7576/
Desource752/
Decource752/
Desoyers751/
Decauwers7139/
Decars7115/
Dekors7111/
Dezors718/
Desars712/
Décors711/
Decorx711/
Dejors711/
Desjars67190/
Decorce6778/
Diseurs6757/
Desears6726/
Dezhors6715/
Dekhors679/
Dekorse674/
Desorze672/
Dezorse672/
Dickurs671/
Descheyers671/
Dekorsz671/
Decairs671/
Desorje671/
Deckars670/

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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 Descours
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