Dedley Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

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

Dedley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dedley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Dedley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dedley is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dedley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Dedley reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Dedley is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 75 percent are found and Gauteng, where 25 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.

Dedley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dedley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dedley surname fell 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dedley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Dedley last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Dedley earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 79.67% more than the national average, earning R 426,960 per year and in United States they earn 68.09% more than the national average, earning $72,531 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Dedley
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