Diedricks Surname

289,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Diedricks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diedricks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1261:48,1156,135
Australia1311:206,07420,044
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
England41:13,929,515290,718
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Diedricks (12) may also be a first name.

Diedricks Last Name Facts

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

Diedricks is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Diedricks.

How Common Is The Last Name Diedricks? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 289,091st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,495,887 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Diedricks reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name globally, borne by 12 people.

Diedricks is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,126 people, or 1 in 48,115. In South Africa Diedricks is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 31 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent reside and Gauteng, where 16 percent reside. Other than South Africa Diedricks is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 10 percent reside and New Zealand, where 3 percent reside.

Diedricks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Diedricks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Diedricks surname expanded 136 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Diedricks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Diedricks surname are 43.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 90% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Diedricks earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.06% more than the national average, earning R 290,064 per year and in United States they earn 6.61% more than the national average, earning $46,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dietdricks955/
Dedricks94109/
Diedriks9429/
Didricks941/
Diedrichs892,389/
Diedrieks8910/
Diedrikcs899/
Deidricks892/
Diedrickx891/
Deedricks890/
Diedrrichs841/
Deidericks841/
Didrikhs823/
Dedrichs822/
Dudricks821/
Deidriks821/
Deidrichs781/
Didrix671/
Deddrechs670/
Dydrykhs594/
Daudrix50116/
Dedreux50107/

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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
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  • 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 Diedricks
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