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
Dimwe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dimwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 684,148th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. The last name occurs mostly 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.
The surname Dimwe is most commonly held 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 are found, Pwani Region, where 1 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 0 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
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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