Devries Surname

22,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Devries Surname Definition:

(Dutch) The Frieslander [Dutch de, the + Vries, Frieslander, Frisian: see under Fraser in Dict.]

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Devries Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,5501:19,5402,451
Canada3,2531:11,3271,697
Australia9681:27,8883,794
Belgium3251:35,3745,758
Netherlands3061:55,1879,490
France2421:274,47442,205
Thailand741:954,572147,178
South Africa741:732,13151,520
England721:773,86242,299
Germany581:1,388,02586,120
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
Colombia241:1,990,58612,178
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
Wales71:442,07621,198
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
China51:273,464,31313,838
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3371:149,01713,853

The alternate forms: Devriès (9) are calculated separately.

Devries (67) may also be a first name.

Devries Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) The Frieslander [Dutch de, the + Vries, Frieslander, Frisian: see under Fraser in Dict.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

User-submitted Reference

A Dutch surname that means: "The Frisian".

- anonymous submission

Devries Last Name Facts

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

The surname Devries occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms: Devriès. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Devries? popularity and diffusion

It is the 22,491st most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 301,687 people. The last name Devries is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Devries are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Devries is also the 1,191,548th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 67 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 18,550 people, or 1 in 19,540. In The United States Devries is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 22 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Devries Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Devries has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Devries last name increased 5,504 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Devries Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Devries last name are 25.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.42% registered with the political party.

The amount Devries earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.7% more than the national average, earning R 393,756 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.07% less than the national average, earning $20,869,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.36% more than the national average, earning $47,620 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.2% more than the national average, earning $51,772 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Devriès959/
Devriese932,087/
De'vries9314/
Devriesc932/
Devrries931/
Devrie924/
Devriesse882/
Debries8622/
Devriez8610/
Devreis868/
Devrees863/
Devried862/
Devrier861/
Divries861/
Devrues861/
Devreus861/
Devrijer805/
Devrièse801/
Debriese801/
Deaverie800/
Debrie775,766/
Devrye7712/
Dewrie771/
Debreus711,262/
Devreux71300/
Debrais71126/
Debrois7186/
Devrous7127/
Devryer7110/
Debreis716/
Debriey713/
Devreax712/
Devrija712/
Devruix710/
Dewrrie710/
Debraish673/
Debreish672/
Debreyes671/
Debrujes671/

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