Devaux Surname
Approximately 21,367 people bear this surname
Devaux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 17,987 | 1:3,693 | 279 |
| Belgium | 1,123 | 1:10,237 | 1,469 |
| United States | 947 | 1:382,744 | 33,767 |
| Switzerland | 337 | 1:24,371 | 3,838 |
| England | 141 | 1:395,164 | 27,358 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| Argentina | 91 | 1:469,708 | 35,035 |
| French Polynesia | 80 | 1:3,510 | 781 |
| Luxembourg | 74 | 1:7,845 | 1,225 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| New Caledonia | 47 | 1:5,877 | 1,249 |
| Saint Lucia | 38 | 1:4,705 | 662 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 104 | 1:482,872 | 34,278 |
The alternate forms: Dévaux (1) are calculated separately.
Devaux (25) may also be a first name.
Devaux Demographics
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Devaux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Devaux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Devaux has its highest incidence in France. It can also occur as a variant: Dévaux. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Devaux? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 25,248th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 341,065 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Devaux reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Devaux is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 25 people.
The surname Devaux is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 17,987 people, or 1 in 3,693. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 17 percent live, Île-de-France, where 15 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 14 percent live. Other than France this surname is found in 55 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Devaux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Devaux has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 911 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,014 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Devaux Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Devaux surname are 14.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.65% being registered with the political party.
The amount Devaux earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.75% more than the national average, earning $44,767 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $52,241 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
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