Dials Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

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

Dials Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dials Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:528,61836,719

Dials Last Name Facts

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

Dials has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dials? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dials is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Dials live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,203,949. In South Africa Dials is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 91 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Aside from South Africa Dials exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 12 percent live.

Dials Last Name Statistics demography

Dials earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.31% less than the national average, earning R 77,676 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diales9165/
Dialls915/
Dieals910/
Dialles831/
Dijales831/
Dyals80176/
Diols805/
Deals804/
Dialz801/
Dijols73314/
Deales7316/
Tdeals734/
Dyales734/
Dialez733/
Dioles731/
Dyalls730/
Dealles671/
Dehales671/
Dealz604/
Deols602/
Dujols55366/
Diolez55129/
Duyols5534/
Djalje551/
Dehols551/
Diolze551/
Dojoles50406/
Dhehalz502/
Doyoles501/
Diollez501/
Diholez501/
Dieholz501/
Djalche501/
Deolles501/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Dials
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis