Desmedt Surname
Approximately 5,502 people bear this surname
Desmedt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 4,021 | 1:2,859 | 269 |
| France | 1,072 | 1:61,961 | 8,435 |
| United States | 210 | 1:1,725,995 | 114,113 |
| Netherlands | 46 | 1:367,113 | 40,368 |
| Argentina | 40 | 1:1,068,585 | 65,578 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Désmedt (1) are calculated separately.
Desmedt Demographics
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Desmedt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desmedt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Desmedt is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Désmedt. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desmedt? popularity and diffusion
The last name Desmedt is the 87,434th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,324,527 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Desmedt are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 4,021 people, or 1 in 2,859. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 71 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 15 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 14 percent reside. Other than Belgium this surname exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Desmedt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Desmedt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Desmedt last name expanded 10,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Desmedt Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Desmedt last name are 14.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.98% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Desmedt earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 19.82% more than the national average, earning $51,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.57% more than the national average, earning $52,450 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 Desmedt
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