de Lewis Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Panama

de Lewis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Lewis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Lewis Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Lewis is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Lewis? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Lewis is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of de Lewis are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname de Lewis is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 100 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Panama, where 14 percent are found.

de Lewis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Lewis has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Lewis Last Name Statistics demography

de Lewis earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.65% less than the national average, earning R 74,508 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Levis883/
de Libes7515/
de Leves759/
de Lavis753/
de Libés752/
de Lévis752/
de Livois7117/
de Llaves714/
de Lovais711/
di Lebisch671/
de Laviez591/

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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 Lewis
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