Desmet Surname
Approximately 18,162 people bear this surname
Desmet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 12,963 | 1:887 | 24 |
| France | 2,930 | 1:22,670 | 2,638 |
| United States | 1,580 | 1:229,404 | 22,112 |
| Australia | 168 | 1:160,689 | 16,729 |
| Canada | 140 | 1:263,183 | 24,832 |
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Desmet (37) may also be a first name.
Desmet Demographics
Average Male Desmet Height
177.04 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Desmet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desmet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Desmet (Russian: Дэсмет) is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desmet? popularity and diffusion
It is the 29,496th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 401,252 people. Desmet is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Desmet reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 37 people.
The last name Desmet is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 12,963 people, or 1 in 887. In Belgium Desmet is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 76 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 17 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent reside. Not including Belgium it occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in France, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Desmet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Desmet has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Desmet last name grew 4,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Desmet Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Desmet last name are 1.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.27% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Desmet earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 539.11% more than the national average, earning R 1,518,780 per year; in United States they earn 12.71% more than the national average, earning $48,635 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.58% less than the national average, earning $47,906 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Desmet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desmet in the Russian language | ||
| Дэсмет | desmet | - |
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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 Desmet
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