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

The last name Dessalines has its highest incidence in Haiti. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dessalines? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 147,394th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,425,947 people. Dessalines is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Dessalines live; 90 percent live in Caribbean and 89 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. Dessalines is also the 516,683rd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 292 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Haiti, where it is borne by 2,688 people, or 1 in 3,975. In Haiti it is most common in: Centre, where 36 percent live, Artibonite, where 26 percent live and Ouest, where 20 percent live. Besides Haiti this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Dessalines Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing 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 to vote for the 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
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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 Dessalines
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