Devismes Surname

455,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Devismes Surname User-submission:

The registers of the Walloon Church of Canterbury, Kent record a family bearing the name Devise or De Vime. They came from as protestant refugees from the area of Lille, Tournai and Douai, where there is the French commune of Vimy. The name means 'of Vimy'.

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Devismes Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France7131:93,15913,513
England101:5,571,806158,774
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Wales41:773,63329,106
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Devismes Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The registers of the Walloon Church of Canterbury, Kent record a family bearing the name Devise or De Vime. They came from as protestant refugees from the area of Lille, Tournai and Douai, where there is the French commune of Vimy. The name means 'of Vimy'.

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Devismes Demographics

Average Devismes Salary in
England

£16,170

Per year
Rank:
87,486 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.50608E-5
Rank: 87,991 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
59.94%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Devismes Last Name Facts

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

Devismes occurs most in France. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Devismes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 455,289th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,795,089 people. Devismes occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Devismes live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Devismes is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 713 people, or 1 in 93,159. In France it is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 46 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 8 percent reside. Barring France Devismes occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Devismes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Devismes has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Devisme93818/
Devimes9325/
Dewismes8823/
Devime8643/
Dewisme80228/
Debisme80132/
Devesme80109/
Devaime801/
Devimey800/
Devemesh751/
Debime713/
Devimi712/
Devima712/
Disueme67151/
Debesme6727/
Devemie6724/
Devimma6714/
Dewisma673/
Divieme672/
Dibesme671/
Devimui671/
Desuime671/
Disweme671/
Divesme671/
Devimai671/
Devemet670/
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