Denkema Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Denkema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Denkema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
United States111:32,950,812797,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Denkema Last Name Facts

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

The last name Denkema is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Denkema.

How Common Is The Last Name Denkema? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Denkema live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 57 percent are found, Western Cape, where 35 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 22 percent are found.

Denkema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Denkema has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Denkema last name grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Denkema Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Denkema earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 104.51% more than the national average, earning R 486,000 per year and in United States they earn 18.97% less than the national average, earning $34,964 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
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  • 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 Denkema
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