Dessalines Surname
Approximately 3,004 people bear this surname
Dessalines Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 2,688 | 1:3,975 | 519 |
| United States | 211 | 1:1,717,815 | 113,709 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Dessalines (292) may also be a first name.
Dessalines Demographics
Average Dessalines Salary in
United States
$39,453 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dessalines Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dessalines Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dessalines occurs in Haiti more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessalines? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 147,394th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,425,947 people. The last name Dessalines occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Dessalines live; 90 percent live in Caribbean and 89 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 516,683rd most common first name throughout the world, held by 292 people.
The last name Dessalines is most widespread in Haiti, where it is held by 2,688 people, or 1 in 3,975. In Haiti Dessalines is mostly found in: Centre, where 36 percent reside, Artibonite, where 26 percent reside and Ouest, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Haiti this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Dessalines Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Dessalines are 35.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 89.19% 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dessaline | 95 | 140 | / |
| Desalines | 95 | 15 | / |
| Desselines | 90 | 1 | / |
| Dessalynes | 90 | 1 | / |
| Dessaliner | 90 | 1 | / |
| Dessalenes | 90 | 1 | / |
| Desaline | 89 | 1 | / |
| Dessalegne | 80 | 4,538 | / |
| Desauliner | 80 | 3 | / |
| Dessalenge | 80 | 3 | / |
| Dessaletne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Disailines | 80 | 0 | / |
| Desalene | 78 | 4 | / |
| Desalegne | 74 | 34,022 | / |
| Dessolini | 74 | 21 | / |
| Desalenge | 74 | 16 | / |
| Deshalini | 74 | 1 | / |
| Desealegne | 70 | 1 | / |
| Daisialine | 70 | 1 | / |
| Desaleny | 67 | 16 | / |
| Dezoline | 67 | 1 | / |
| Desolini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Desalegni | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dechalignay | 57 | 1 | / |
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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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