Didacus Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Didacus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Didacus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2071:255,75720,606
Nigeria1051:1,687,07462,154
Malaysia471:627,53730,158
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Didacus (790) may also be a first name.

Didacus Last Name Facts

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

Didacus occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Didacus.

How Common Is The Last Name Didacus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Didacus is the 773,729th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Didacus are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 291,524th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 790 people.

The surname Didacus is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 255,757. In Tanzania Didacus is most common in: Geita Region, where 98 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 2 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 0 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Malaysia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Didacous931/
Didacius931/
Didakus865/
Daidhacu801/
Dădacu774/
Dedacu770/
Didakos711/
Didoku623/
Dădăcuș5741/
Dădăcuş577/
Dedoukos538/
Dhedhaku531/
Didoikut531/

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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 Didacus
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