De-Wit Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

De-Wit Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Wit.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

De-Wit 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
England161:3,482,379114,324
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

De-Wit Last Name Facts

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

De-Wit occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name De-Wit occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of De-Wit are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England it is most frequent in: Bedfordshire, where 44 percent live, Staffordshire, where 25 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 13 percent live. Barring England De-Wit occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 12 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-Witt9210/
De-White861/
de Wit8336,412/
De-Vit839/
De-Wet838/
de Witt775,988/
de With771,412/
de Widt77258/
de Wiet7710/
De-Vitt773/
de Wite772/
de Wait771/
de Whit770/
de Witte719,482/
de Whitt7111/
de White714/
de Witth711/
Des With711/
De-Whyte711/
de Waite710/
de Wwitt710/
de Wet6723,394/
de vit67133/
de Wid6723/
de Bit6712/
der Wijst671/
de Witt'e671/
de Waithe671/
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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-Wit
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