Detain Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Detain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 87 | 1:763,480 | 93,619 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Detain (15) may also be a first name.
Detain Demographics
Average Detain Salary in
England
£26,830
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Detain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Detain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Detain has its highest incidence in France. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Detain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Detain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Detain is the 1,422,956th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Detain reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Detain is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 763,480. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 23 percent live, Normandy, where 20 percent live and Occitanie, where 20 percent live. Beside France this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent live and New Caledonia, where 11 percent live.
Detain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Detain has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Detain surname rose 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Detain
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