Diking Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

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

Diking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Philippines281:3,615,651151,287
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Diking (65) may also be a first name.

Diking Last Name Facts

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

The last name Diking occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Diking? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,091,648th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Diking live; 58 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Diking is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 65 people.

It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 1,747,668. In South Africa it is primarily found in: North West, where 90 percent are found, Free State, where 3 percent are found and Gauteng, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 35 percent are found and Malaysia, where 12 percent are found.

Diking Last Name Statistics demography

Diking earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.85% less than the national average, earning R 64,512 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doiking9228/
Dikking929/
Dicking923/
Dieking922/
Deiking921/
Dickings8694/
Deking83386/
Duking83130/
Düking8391/
Diqing836/
Dikeng834/
Dijkink77214/
Decking77142/
Dekking7776/
Dücking7767/
Ducking7746/
Deaking774/
Diching774/
Deeking771/
Daiqing771/
Dayking771/
Dikaeng771/
Dickeng771/
Dueking771/
Dekings771/
Duyking770/
Deakings7115/
Dikengue712/
Dikgkeng711/
Deckings711/
Deiching711/
Duycking710/
Dekeng6746/
Deqing6734/
Dykink6712/
Duqing676/
Diceng671/
Decing671/
Dekngt671/

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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 Diking
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