Dednam Surname

608,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 509 people bear this surname

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

Dednam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dednam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4231:128,08015,034
United States771:4,707,259244,676
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Dednam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dednam is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dednam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 608,234th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 14,317,379 people. The surname Dednam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Dednam are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 128,080. In South Africa Dednam is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 46 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 12 percent live and North West, where 12 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Dednam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dednam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dednam last name grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dednam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dednam surname are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.62% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dednam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.9% more than the national average, earning R 463,152 per year and in United States they earn 10.17% less than the national average, earning $38,762 USD per year.

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Dednam Reference & Research

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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 Dednam
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