Deventer Surname

319,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Suriname

Deventer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deventer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4361:184,64621,532
South Africa2191:247,38725,203
Netherlands2071:81,58113,665
Belgium1191:96,61014,836
United States881:4,118,852221,730
Suriname321:17,2694,028
England291:1,921,31276,208
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Deventer (56) may also be a first name.

Deventer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deventer is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deventer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Deventer is the 319,816th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. The surname Deventer occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Deventer live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. Deventer is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 56 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 436 people, or 1 in 184,646. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent live, Berlin, where 6 percent live and Bavaria, where 4 percent live. Other than Germany it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 19 percent live and The Netherlands, where 18 percent live.

Deventer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Deventer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,257 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Deventer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Deventer surname are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Deventer earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 19.06% more than the national average, earning R 282,936 per year; in United States they earn 50.49% more than the national average, earning $64,934 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.32% more than the national average, earning $68,224 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Deventer
  • 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