Detect Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Detect Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Detect Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Detect Last Name Facts

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

Detect is most common in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Detect? popularity and diffusion

The surname Detect is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Detect reside; 29 percent reside in North America and 29 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Detect is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. Not including France this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Argentina, where 14 percent reside.

Detect Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Detect has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Detec9141/
Deitec831/
Deteuck774/
Detteck772/
Detic73181/
Detek73108/
Deteg738/
Detex736/
Ditec734/
Dytec731/
Deteq731/
Deteix67248/
Daytec6790/
Desteg6714/
Diteck671/
Deteke671/
Detyke671/
Deetek671/
Detike671/
Dethic670/
Dettig670/

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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 Detect
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis