Dessalines Surname

147,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Dessalines Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dessalines Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti2,6881:3,975519
United States2111:1,717,815113,709
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
France321:2,075,710171,237
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080

Dessalines (292) may also be a first name.

Dessalines Last Name Facts

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

Dessalines occurs most in Haiti. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dessalines.

How Common Is The Last Name Dessalines? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 147,394th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,425,947 people. The last name Dessalines occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Dessalines are found; 90 percent are found in Caribbean and 89 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 516,683rd most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 292 people.

It is most widespread in Haiti, where it is carried by 2,688 people, or 1 in 3,975. In Haiti Dessalines is most common in: Centre, where 36 percent live, Artibonite, where 26 percent live and Ouest, where 20 percent live. Other than Haiti this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Dessalines Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dessalines last name are 35.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.19% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dessalines earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.57% less than the national average, earning $39,453 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.71% less than the national average, earning $45,354 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Dessalines
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