Devizes Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Devizes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Devizes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Devizes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Devizes is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Devizes? popularity and diffusion
Devizes is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Devizes live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.
It is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Devizes is most frequent in: Leicestershire, where 33 percent reside, Somerset, where 33 percent reside and Wiltshire, where 33 percent reside. Apart from England this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Poland, where 25 percent reside.
Devizes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Devizes has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 300 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 Devizes
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