Désirs Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Désirs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Désirs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium161:718,54060,840
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Desirs (26) are calculated separately.

Désirs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Désirs is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Desirs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Désirs? popularity and diffusion

Désirs is the 4,772,636th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Désirs live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 718,540. In Belgium Désirs is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Belgium this surname exists in one country. It is also common in France, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Desirs9426/
Dasirs831/
Dosiers771/
Deshairs7147/
Dossiers713/
Dasers6732/
Dysers6718/
Digers672/
Dizers672/
Dicers671/
Dezirs671/
Dixers670/
Dozirs670/
Desers670/
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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 Désirs
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