Desjarlais Surname

103,058th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Desjarlais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Desjarlais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada3,2771:11,2441,682
United States1,2571:288,35226,794
England241:2,321,58686,519
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Desjarlais Last Name Facts

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

Desjarlais is found most in Canada. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Desjarlais? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 103,058th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,596,046 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Desjarlais are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in Canada, where it is held by 3,277 people, or 1 in 11,244. In Canada it is mostly found in: Alberta, where 28 percent are found, Saskatchewan, where 20 percent are found and Manitoba, where 17 percent are found. Beside Canada Desjarlais is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Desjarlais Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Desjarlais surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Desjarlais earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.99% less than the national average, earning $39,701 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.93% less than the national average, earning $40,276 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 Desjarlais
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