Dewet Surname
Approximately 571 people bear this surname
Dewet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 246 | 1:220,235 | 23,087 |
| United States | 175 | 1:2,071,194 | 131,950 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Dewet (449) may also be a first name.
Dewet Demographics
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Dewet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dewet occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewet? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 557,062nd most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 12,762,777 people. Dewet is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Dewet reside; 48 percent reside in Southern Africa and 48 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Dewet is also the 403,949th most widely held first name in the world, held by 449 people.
The surname Dewet is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 220,235. In South Africa Dewet is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, Western Cape, where 30 percent are found and Free State, where 13 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Dewet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dewet has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dewet last name grew 2,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dewet Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Dewet are 4.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.06% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Dewet earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 24.07% less than the national average, earning R 180,432 per year; in United States they earn 13.11% more than the national average, earning $48,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.29% more than the national average, earning $54,298 CAD 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
- 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 Dewet
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