Dexeter Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Dexeter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dexeter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:2,932,529101,561
Wales81:386,81619,671
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Dexeter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dexeter is found most in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dexeter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Dexeter reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in British Isles.

Dexeter is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,932,529. In England Dexeter is most common in: Northamptonshire, where 68 percent reside, Hampshire, where 5 percent reside and Lancashire, where 5 percent reside. Besides England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Dexeter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dexeter has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 475 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
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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 Dexeter
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