Dictor Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dictor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dictor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1351:1,312,16951,890
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
France81:8,302,840321,660
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Dictor (336) may also be a first name.

Dictor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dictor occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dictor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 904,049th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Dictor live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 477,199th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 336 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Dictor is mostly found in: Borno, where 83 percent are found, Delta, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.

Dictor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Dictor last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Dictor earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.57% less than the national average, earning $41,175 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dictore921/
Dicktor921/
Dector831,721/
Dictar8324/
Diktor8314/
Déctor839/
Decktor7749/
Dechtor772/
Dhector771/
Dicteur771/
Dektor6786/
Dectar6720/
Digtar671/
Deaktor6230/
Dechtár626/
Dechtar622/
Dizhtar621/
Dechtur621/
Decstar621/
Deagtor620/
Dektar5023/
Degtar5018/

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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 Dictor
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