Dewaest Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dewaest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dewaest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France311:2,142,668174,004
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Dewaest Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dewaest is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dewaest? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dewaest reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 2,142,668. In France Dewaest is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 32 percent live, Occitanie, where 32 percent live and Île-de-France, where 29 percent live. Not including France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 32 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dewaet9264/
Dewast9254/
Dewest9224/
Dewiest8636/
Debaest8610/
Deweest862/
Dewaese861/
Dewaeds860/
Dewae8317/
Debaes77282/
Dewost77141/
Dawest7726/
Dewahe7722/
Dewaey7717/
Devast775/
Dewaeh773/
Devest771/
Dewaae771/
Davest771/
Dehwae771/
Dowest770/
Devoest7115/
Debeust714/
Devasth714/
Diwasth714/
Debeyst712/
Dowestt712/
Deveyst711/
Devayst711/
Dhewaer711/
Deiwaer711/
Dewoe6786/
Devae6722/
Dewaayer6711/
Diwae672/

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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 Dewaest
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