Dictus Surname

447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dictus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dictus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3671:31,3265,067
Netherlands2811:60,09710,351
France441:1,509,607143,950
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dictus (14) may also be a first name.

Dictus Last Name Facts

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

Dictus is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dictus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 447,229th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,563,709 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Dictus are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Dictus is also the 3,024,661st most common first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.

It is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 31,326. In Belgium Dictus is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Belgium it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 37 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.

Dictus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dictus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dictus surname grew 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dictus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dictus surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Dictus earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.35% less than the national average, earning $38,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dikctus921/
Dictush920/
Dictu9116/
Diktus8376/
Dictos8320/
Dicktu8314/
Diktust771/
Diktu731/
Dyktus6716/
Dektus676/
Diktos671/
Diktup671/
Dektu551/
Dectoe5033/

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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 Dictus
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