Dickenhorst Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dickenhorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dickenhorst Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Dickenhorst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dickenhorst is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dickenhorst? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Dickenhorst are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Dickenhorst is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 48 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 7 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Dickenhorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dickenhorst has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dickenhorst surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diekenhorst912/
Daggenhurst642/

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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 Dickenhorst
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