De-John Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

De-John Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: John.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

De-John 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
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

De-John Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name De-John Come From? nationality or country of origin

De-John is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name De-John? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of De-John live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname De-John is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria De-John is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found.

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
de John86118/
De-Jong8667/
De-Jongh803/
de Johng802/
de Jon777/
de Johgne751/
de Jong71103,203/
de Jonk71374/
di John7119/
De-Jean717/
De-Yong712/
de Jonh712/
de Jond711/
da John711/
de Jone710/
de Jongh6712,453/
de Jonck67127/
de Joung678/
de Jjong674/
de Jonhg673/
de Jongk671/
De-Jaham671/
de Jhong671/
Der-Jane671/
de Jonng670/
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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 De-John
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