Dignity Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Dignity Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dignity Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Dignity (424) may also be a first name.

Dignity Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dignity is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Dignity click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dignity? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Dignity is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Dignity are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dignity is also the 417,166th most common first name in the world It is held by 424 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 128,643. Other than Botswana Dignity occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 37 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dignito866/
Dignite862/
Digneit861/
Dignitti808/
Diagnite802/
Dignat77320/
Dignet7717/
Dignot774/
Degnit773/
Dagnit772/
Dognito71246/
Dagnito71158/
Dignoti71123/
Doignet7118/
Daignot7113/
Dugniat7112/
Dignott711/
Dignato711/
Dognitd711/
Dougnty711/
Dignatt710/
D'Ignoti67528/
D'Ignoto6729/
Dignetti6715/
Degnitti6712/
Dugnaite676/
D Ignoti673/
Dougniat673/
Daugnety673/
Dognitto672/
Dignotti672/
Degnt671/
Dagnitto671/
Degniodt670/
Degnithie631/

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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 Dignity
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis