Diprose Surname

233,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Diprose Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Prdaux.' Lower says, 'A corruption of De Preaux. There are in Normandy seven places called Preaux, two of which are St. Michel de Preaux and Notre Dame de Preaux': Patronymica Britannica.

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Diprose Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia7451:36,2364,763
England5661:98,44210,421
New Zealand3011:15,0442,626
Canada641:575,71247,839
Italy151:4,077,113105,022
Wales141:221,03813,576
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3241:75,2338,226
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Wales21:784,20816,349
Jersey11:51,8823,898

Diprose Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Prdaux.' Lower says, 'A corruption of De Preaux. There are in Normandy seven places called Preaux, two of which are St. Michel de Preaux and Notre Dame de Preaux': Patronymica Britannica.

1769. Married — John Diprose and Elizabeth Henning: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The French Depréaux = Of Préaux or the Meadows [French pré, Lab prat-um, a meadow] Préaux is necessarily a common French place-name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of De Preaux. There are in Normandy seven places called Preaux, two of which are St. Michel de Preaux and Notre-Dame de Preaux.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Said to be a corruption of De Préaux; from Préaux, the name of several places in Normandy. It has been corrupted to Deeprose.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

For De Preaux (Lower). Preaux, Pratellæ was in Normandy. In 1180-95 we find John, Peter, Rostoldus, William, Osbert, Enguerran de Pratellis in Normandy (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph de P. and others in England.

The Norman People (1874)

Diprose: is from De Préaux.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Diprose Last Name Facts

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

The surname Diprose is found most in Australia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Diprose? popularity and diffusion

The last name Diprose is the 233,413th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,217,330 people. Diprose occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Diprose reside; 61 percent reside in Australasia and 61 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 745 people, or 1 in 36,236. In Australia it is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 38 percent live, Queensland, where 20 percent live and Victoria, where 18 percent live. Other than Australia Diprose occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent live and New Zealand, where 17 percent live.

Diprose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Diprose has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Diprose surname expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Diprose Last Name Statistics demography

Diprose earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.41% less than the national average, earning $48,488 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Disprose931/
Diprosa8613/
Deprose865/
Duprose860/
Deeprose80649/
Deprosse8059/
Deproise800/
Deprosier751/
Deeperose750/
Deprost71431/
Deproge717/
Deprosp711/
Duprese710/
Depross710/
Deproost67222/
Diprasit67206/
Diprasai6766/
Dipressi6722/
Desprois679/
Dupreese672/
Depresse671/
Dupresse671/
Dupreuse670/

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