Dedekind Surname

410,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Dedekind Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dedekind Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6081:89,10810,919
Germany1071:752,38756,374
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Australia341:793,99150,673
Peru211:1,513,53022,524
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England31:18,572,686338,250
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Dedekind Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dedekind is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dedekind.

How Common Is The Last Name Dedekind? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 410,325th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,563,509 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Dedekind are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 608 people, or 1 in 89,108. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 51 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 13 percent live. Barring South Africa Dedekind is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Dedekind Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dedekind has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dedekind last name rose 1,025 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dedekind Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Dedekind are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dedekind earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 464.37% more than the national average, earning S/. 109,404 per year; in South Africa they earn 59.52% more than the national average, earning R 379,092 per year and in United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,833 USD per year.

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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 Dedekind
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