Dikwa Surname
Approximately 1,095 people bear this surname
Dikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 839 | 1:24,755 | 3,365 |
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dikwa (736) may also be a first name.
Dikwa Demographics
Average Dikwa Salary in
South Africa
R 170,136
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Dikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dikwa is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dikwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 336,565th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,655,293 people. The last name Dikwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dikwa live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 23 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 303,463rd most commonly held first name on earth, held by 736 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 839 people, or 1 in 24,755. In Cameroon Dikwa is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 53 percent reside, North Region, where 23 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
Dikwa Last Name Statistics demography
Dikwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.41% less than the national average, earning R 170,136 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dikwat | 91 | 114 | / |
| Dhikwa | 91 | 12 | / |
| Dickwa | 91 | 6 | / |
| Dikwas | 91 | 3 | / |
| Dikwai | 91 | 2 | / |
| Daikwa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Dikkwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dikwua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dikway | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dhikwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Doikwad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Daikwad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dikwash | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dikwe | 80 | 788 | / |
| Dikua | 80 | 407 | / |
| Digwa | 80 | 391 | / |
| Dukwa | 80 | 194 | / |
| Dekwa | 80 | 146 | / |
| Dikwi | 80 | 89 | / |
| Dikwo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Dicwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dickwach | 77 | 1 | / |
| Daikwo | 73 | 1,666 | / |
| Deckwa | 73 | 83 | / |
| Dikwii | 73 | 39 | / |
| Dukwah | 73 | 27 | / |
| Digway | 73 | 26 | / |
| Deukwa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Diggwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Dhukwa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Dekwai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Digwah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Dikkua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Dhigwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dikwes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dhikwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dikgwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Digwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dekhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dikwuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dukwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dekwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dekwas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dickwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dukwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diegwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Disqwa | 73 | 0 | / |
| Daigwau | 67 | 14 | / |
| Doikuea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dighwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daikwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doikewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekhwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dehkwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duckway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dikwist | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dikwa
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