Devresse Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Devresse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Devresse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1951:340,62951,332
Belgium1481:77,68012,268
Luxembourg211:27,6454,917
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Devresse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Devresse is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Devresse? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 769,129th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. Devresse occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Devresse live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in France, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 340,629. In France Devresse is most prevalent in: Grand Est, where 40 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 30 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found. Outside of France Devresse occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 40 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 6 percent are found.

Devresse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Devresse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Devresse surname decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Devrese9325/
Devress931/
Devreese88756/
Debresse8841/
Devrisse884/
Devres8677/
Debresser827/
Devrise808/
Devreis808/
Devrase804/
Devrees803/
Devreus801/
Dewrese800/
Devreeze75133/
Debresie7527/
Debressy757/
Devreest753/
Devriser751/
Debreuse751/
Debriese751/
Devrries751/
Devrises751/
Devrez71586/
Debroisse7157/
Debres7153/
Devris7150/
Devrys714/
Dewres712/
Divres711/
Debraisse711/
Devrish6788/
Devriez6710/
Debreis676/
Devrysh674/
Debrise673/
Devreax672/
Dewresh671/
Daivres671/
Debrees671/
De'vris671/
Devrizs671/
Devreshova671/
Divries671/
Dewrose670/

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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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  • 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 Devresse
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