Dimwe Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Dimwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 423 | 1:125,157 | 11,807 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
Dimwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dimwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dimwe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dimwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 684,148th most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dimwe are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Dimwe is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 125,157. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 99 percent live, Pwani Region, where 1 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Tanzania Dimwe is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimbe | 80 | 632 | / |
| Dumwe | 80 | 76 | / |
| Dimue | 80 | 57 | / |
| Dimwa | 80 | 21 | / |
| Demwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Dinwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dimues | 73 | 20 | / |
| Dismue | 73 | 9 | / |
| Dinmbe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Dhimbe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Dimbey | 73 | 5 | / |
| Doimbe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dhumwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Daimbe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Dimwaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diemwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diemve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diemue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dimoue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dimbhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Duinwei | 67 | 15 | / |
| Dmbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Duinwee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Demwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Demw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dionwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Demwezz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dimwe
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