Despey Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Despey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Despey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Despey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Despey is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Despey? popularity and diffusion
Despey is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Despey is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Despey reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequent in France, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 8,302,840. In France it is primarily found in: Occitanie, where 88 percent are found and Grand Est, where 13 percent are found. Barring France this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Despey
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