Diekhues Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Diekhues Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diekhues Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Diekhues Last Name Facts

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

The last name Diekhues is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Diekhues? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Diekhues occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Diekhues reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 37 percent live. Besides Germany Diekhues occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dieckhues9439/
Diekhaus88251/
Diekhuis8854/
Dieckhaus82436/
Diekaes801/
Dieckhouse780/
Dijkhuis751,820/
Diekhois752/
Dieckaus751/
Djikhoue751/
Deekhaus750/
Dijkhuijs7117/
Dikhuijse711/
Dicues711/
Deickhaus710/
Dykhuis67425/
Dickies6719/
Diejuez671/
Djekoes671/
Dickeus671/

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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 Diekhues
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