Després Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Després Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Després Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1371:268,94625,310
France741:897,604104,173
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Despres (9,569), Desprès (18), Désprés (1) & Déspres (1) are calculated separately.

Després Last Name Facts

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

The surname Després is most common in Canada. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Despres, Desprès, Désprés or Déspres. For other possible spellings of Després click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Després? popularity and diffusion

The last name Després is the 1,098,270th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. Després is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Després live; 62 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Gallo-North America.

The surname Després is most common in Canada, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 268,946. In Canada Després is mostly found in: Quebec, where 91 percent live, Ontario, where 6 percent live and British Columbia, where 3 percent live. Barring Canada this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 33 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Despres959,569/
Desprès9518/
Désprés951/
Despré9213/
Deprés922/
Déspres901/
Despris8610/
Depré83483/
Desprets80266/
Desprois809/
Desprees803/
Desppres801/
Despries800/
Depres77553/
Despre77252/
Depris77131/
Deprée7714/
Déprés778/
Despri773/
Depréz772/
Deprès772/
Diprés772/
Despry771/
Desprez716,668/
Despret71452/
Deprest71267/
Desprey7178/
Deprets7165/
Despray7146/
Depress7113/
Deprist7111/
Despred7110/
Deprise716/
Depreys714/
Desprit714/
Despree713/
Depries713/
Desprea711/
Despriz711/
Depreis711/
Desprie711/
Deprees711/
Deupres710/
Dispris710/
Depra671,658/
Depre671,573/
Despretz67809/
Depri67718/
Depry67216/
Dipré6762/
Depreist6736/
Deprá6723/
Depruyst6722/
Depreast6719/
Dépré676/
D'Esprit676/
Deprè672/
Deprê671/
Depresse671/
Despreez671/
Desprett671/
Despriez671/
Deproise670/
Deprease670/
Depreise670/
Depreest670/

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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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  • 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 Després
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