Dedericks Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

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

Dedericks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dedericks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa581:934,09859,404
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Dédericks (5) are calculated separately.

Dedericks Last Name Facts

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

Dedericks is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Dédericks. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dedericks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dedericks is the 2,333,370th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Dedericks are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Dedericks is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 934,098. In South Africa Dedericks is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 60 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Dedericks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dedericks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dedericks surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dedericks Last Name Statistics demography

Dedericks earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.31% less than the national average, earning R 65,808 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
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  • 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 Dedericks
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