Dewete Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Dewete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Dewete (18) may also be a first name.
Dewete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dewete is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,441,361st most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dewete reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name globally It is held by 18 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
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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 Dewete
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