Deetlefs Surname

197,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,125 people bear this surname

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

Deetlefs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deetlefs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,9671:27,5433,524
Australia431:627,80744,139
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Deetlefs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Deetlefs is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Deetlefs? popularity and diffusion

Deetlefs is the 197,103rd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,429,433 people. Deetlefs is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Deetlefs live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,967 people, or 1 in 27,543. In South Africa Deetlefs is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 36 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent are found and New Zealand, where 1 percent are found.

Deetlefs Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Deetlefs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.71% more than the national average, earning R 422,304 per year and in United States they earn 18.74% less than the national average, earning $35,062 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Deetlefs
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