Devies Surname
Approximately 561 people bear this surname
Devies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 288 | 1:104,875 | 3,781 |
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| Netherlands | 60 | 1:281,453 | 34,544 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Dévies (3) are calculated separately.
Devies (164) may also be a first name.
Devies Demographics
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Devies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Devies Come From? nationality or country of origin
Devies (Marathi: दावेश) is more commonly found in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Dévies. For other possible spellings of Devies click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Devies? popularity and diffusion
Devies is the 564,325th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,990,278 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Devies reside; 52 percent reside in South America and 52 percent reside in Caribbean South America. It is also the 715,247th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 164 people.
It is most frequent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 104,875. In Venezuela it is most prevalent in: Lara, where 56 percent reside, Aragua, where 17 percent reside and Yaracuy, where 7 percent reside. Besides Venezuela it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside.
Devies Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Devies has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 576 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Devies Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Devies surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.71% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Devies earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 24.01% more than the national average, earning R 294,696 per year and in United States they earn 1.56% less than the national average, earning $42,478 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Devies Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Devies in the Marathi language | ||
| दावेश | davesa | - |
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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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- 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 Devies
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