Detournay Surname

259,061st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Detournay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Detournay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,0791:10,6551,535
France4081:162,80125,359
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Détournay (1) are calculated separately.

Detournay Last Name Facts

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

Detournay occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Détournay. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Detournay? popularity and diffusion

The surname Detournay is the 259,061st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,800,755 people. The surname Detournay occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Detournay live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 1,079 people, or 1 in 10,655. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 89 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Belgium it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in France, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Detournay Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Detournay surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Detournay earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.92% more than the national average, earning $56,058 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Détournay961/
Detourney891/
Detournaij843/
Detourne8281/
Detournet780/
Detorni758/
Destournes741/
Dethorne7196/
Deturner713/
Deturnes711/
Détourne711/
Deturenne6715/
Diethorne673/
Deithorne671/
Ditorni631/
Dioturni592/

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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 Detournay
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