Dicta Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Dicta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dicta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines671:1,511,018105,084
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Dicta (323) may also be a first name.

Dicta Last Name Facts

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

Dicta is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dicta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dicta is the 2,106,139th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Dicta live; 84 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Dicta is also the 488,148th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 323 people.

The last name Dicta is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 1,511,018. In The Philippines Dicta is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 55 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 19 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines Dicta occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dichta9132/
Dictas913/
Dictat911/
Dickta911/
Dikta80354/
Dicto80348/
Dicty8013/
Decta803/
Dicte802/
Digta802/
Dicti801/
Diktaş732,082/
Dichte7388/
Dickte7325/
Dicter7323/
Dictto7322/
Dychta7320/
Dictos7320/
Diokta7314/
Dickty7313/
Dickti739/
Dikhta733/
Dechta732/
Dicthe732/
Dictis731/
Dhikta731/
Diocto731/
Digtta731/
Diecto731/
Dictiy731/
Dictie731/
Dictter6749/
Deiktas675/
Dicther672/
Decteau671/
Diktash671/

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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 Dicta
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