Desert Surname
Approximately 2,572 people bear this surname
Desert Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,499 | 1:44,311 | 5,614 |
| Iran | 499 | 1:153,873 | 13,418 |
| Haiti | 346 | 1:30,878 | 2,208 |
| Belgium | 138 | 1:83,309 | 13,076 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
The alternate forms: Désert (11) are calculated separately.
Desert (2,089) may also be a first name.
Desert Demographics
Average Desert Salary in
Canada
$37,252 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Desert Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desert Come From? nationality or country of origin
Desert is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Désert. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Desert? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 168,090th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,833,416 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Desert reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Desert is also the 164,708th most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 2,089 people.
The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 1,499 people, or 1 in 44,311. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Normandy, where 24 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 20 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 10 percent reside. Outside of France Desert occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 19 percent reside and Haiti, where 13 percent reside.
Desert Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Desert has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Desert last name rose 278 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Desert Last Name Statistics demography
Desert earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 25.02% less than the national average, earning $37,252 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
- 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 Desert
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