Diefke Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Diefke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diefke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Diefke Last Name Facts

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

Diefke occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Diefke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Diefke is the 3,373,373rd most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Diefke are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Diefke is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany Diefke is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 52 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent are found and Bavaria, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 15 percent are found and Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defke911/
Deffke83169/
Doefke8310/
Diebke831/
Diewkee771/
Doefcke770/
Devke732,140/
Dufke73354/
Defky7336/
Düfke7317/
Dewke738/
Defki731/
Defka731/
Dibkey6758/
Divker6752/
Duffke6744/
Devket6721/
Difkai679/
Dewkej675/
Dewkee674/
Debkeh673/
Difkit672/
Djefki672/
Dewkey671/
Dewkes671/
Devkee671/
Diewka671/
Deawke671/
Defkai671/
Dewket670/
Dufkey670/

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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 Diefke
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