D Surname

87,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

D Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

D Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti2,1011:5,085628
Taiwan1,3101:17,897266
Iran4951:155,11613,497
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Yemen1841:143,6167,318
Canada1491:247,28623,510
Colombia1421:336,4376,006
China1241:11,026,787682
Iraq1151:304,5366,054
Cameroon1071:194,10320,154
Guinea951:124,566907
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
India531:14,472,932242,024
Liberia461:95,8387,727
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Syria291:665,5525,809
Hungary261:377,54926,409
Algeria201:1,931,57843,603
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Congo121:415,75810,462
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

D (20,977) may also be a first name.

D Last Name Facts

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

D (Russian: Дь) occurs in Haiti more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name D? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 87,038th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,317,582 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of D are found; 40 percent are found in Caribbean and 38 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. D is also the 36,502nd most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 20,977 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Haiti, where it is carried by 2,101 people, or 1 in 5,085. In Haiti D is most frequent in: Artibonite, where 56 percent live, Ouest, where 42 percent live and Nord, where 2 percent live. Aside from Haiti it exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 24 percent live and Iran, where 9 percent live.

D Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.

The amount D earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning $23,414,400 COP per year and in Canada they earn 10.63% more than the national average, earning $54,966 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ds677,585/
Dh676,784/
Hd674,915/
Dp672,892/
Td67991/
Dt67539/
Dz67300/
Dd67297/
677/
675/
674/
674/
671/
671/

D Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
D in the Russian language
Дьd-

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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 D
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