Dingwe Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Dingwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dingwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Dingwe (43) may also be a first name.

Dingwe Last Name Facts

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

Dingwe is found most frequently in Botswana. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dingwe? popularity and diffusion

Dingwe is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dingwe are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dingwe is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 43 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 49,703. Aside from Botswana this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dinkgwe9216/
Diengwe9214/
Dingwei9210/
Dhingwe921/
Dingwa83315/
Dingue83173/
Dinkwe83132/
Dingbe8391/
Dengwe8315/
Dingwi831/
Dingweeth800/
Dingoue7719/
Dhingwa7710/
Dengwei777/
Duungwe774/
Dingkwa772/
Deungwe772/
Dinguee771/
Dingway771/
Dihngue771/
Dingwish711/
Dengue672,887/
Dingui671,745/
Deengw67781/
Dengwa67263/
Dinque67212/
Dengbe67108/
Dingva6729/
Dimgue676/
Dengwi676/
Dinkwa673/
Dingbi672/
Dhncwe671/
Dingby671/

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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 Dingwe
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