Dexters Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dexters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dexters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3041:37,8186,191
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Denmark61:940,78647,603
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dexters Last Name Facts

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

Dexters is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dexters.

How Common Is The Last Name Dexters? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 835,661st most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Dexters reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 304 people, or 1 in 37,818. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live and Walloon Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Belgium this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 2 percent live.

Dexters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dexters has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dextras86142/
Dextres861/
Texters861/
Desters861/
Desthers8040/
Dextrous8010/
Dexterhouse7828/
Desthhers751/
Degasteris714/
Decostiers711/
Textors710/
Dextraze67690/
Duisters67397/
Textoris67248/
Duysters67160/
Dextrase6764/
Textores6731/
Textóris6719/
Dixtores6713/
de Casteras6710/
Dextrose671/
Dextreze670/
Duijsters63196/

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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 Dexters
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