Diedriks Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

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

Diedriks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diedriks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Diedriks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Diedriks is found most in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Diedriks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Diedriks reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Diedriks is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa Diedriks is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 78 percent live and Northern Cape, where 22 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 3 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Diedriks Last Name Statistics demography

Diedriks earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.71% less than the national average, earning R 38,700 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diedricks941,326/
Diedrieks9410/
Diedrikcs949/
Dietdricks895/
Dedricks88109/
Didrikhs883/
Deidriks881/
Didricks881/
Diedrichs822,389/
Deidricks822/
Diedrickx821/
Deedricks820/
Diedrrichs781/
Deidericks781/
Dedrichs752/
Dudricks751/
Didrix711/
Deidrichs711/
Dydrykhs634/
Deddrechs590/
Daudrix53116/
Dedreux53107/

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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 Diedriks
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