Devenay Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Devenay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 52 | 1:102,958 | 6,964 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Devenay (23) may also be a first name.
Devenay Demographics
Average Devenay Salary in
Scotland
£22,860
Per year
Average Salary in
Scotland
£27,018
Per year
Devenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Devenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Devenay has its highest incidence in Scotland. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Devenay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Devenay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Devenay is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Devenay live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles. Devenay is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 23 people.
This surname is most widely held in Scotland, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 102,958. In Scotland Devenay is most prevalent in: Inverclyde, where 42 percent reside, Renfrewshire, where 27 percent reside and West Dunbartonshire, where 12 percent reside. Besides Scotland Devenay is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Devenay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Devenay has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name increased 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 86 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 Devenay
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