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

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
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 Last Name Facts

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

The last name Devismes has its highest incidence in France. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Devismes? popularity and diffusion

Devismes is the 455,289th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,795,089 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Devismes live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 713 people, or 1 in 93,159. In France Devismes is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 46 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 19 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 8 percent are found. Aside from France it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.

Devismes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Devismes has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Devismes last name grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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