De-Wet Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

De-Wet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

De-Wet 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
England51:11,143,612252,590
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

De-Wet Last Name Facts

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

The last name De-Wet is found most frequently in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of De-Wet.

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

This surname is the 6,723,624th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of De-Wet are found; 63 percent are found in Northern Europe and 63 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname De-Wet is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is most common in: Northamptonshire, where 80 percent live and Greater London, where 20 percent live. Apart from England this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

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 Wet8323,394/
De-Wit8334/
de West7739/
de Wett7739/
de Wiet7710/
De-Witt7710/
de Wets773/
de Weet771/
de Wette71123/
de Weste711/
de Weydt711/
De-White711/
De-Whyte711/
de Wit6736,412/
de Vet671,114/
De-Vit679/
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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-Wet
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