De-Witt Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Austria

De-Witt Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Witt.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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De-Witt 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
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

De-Witt Last Name Facts

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

De-Witt is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of De-Witt live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

The last name De-Witt is most widespread in England, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England De-Witt is primarily found in: Nottinghamshire, where 100 percent are found. Not including England this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 10 percent are found and Austria, where 10 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-Wit9234/
de Witt865,988/
De-Vitt863/
de Witte809,482/
de Whitt8011/
de Witth801/
De-White801/
de Wwitt800/
de Wit7736,412/
De-Vit779/
De-Wet778/
de Witt'e751/
de With711,412/
de Widt71258/
de Wett7139/
de Vitt7139/
de Wiet7110/
de Wytt718/
de Wite712/
de Wait711/
de Whit710/
de Wette67123/
de Vitte6739/
de White674/
de Boitt673/
De-Vyott672/
Des With671/
De-Whyte671/
de Waite670/
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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-Witt
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