Dinking Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Dinking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dinking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Nicaragua141:430,0783,469
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Dinking (11) may also be a first name.

Dinking Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dinking is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dinking? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Dinking is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Dinking are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dinking is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Dinking is most frequent in: Plateau, where 95 percent live and Adamawa, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nicaragua, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Dinking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dinking has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dinking last name fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dingking9311/
Dinkings931/
Dinkeng8616/
Dincing869/
Denking860/
Dingqing803/
Dinkengh801/
Dencing7153/
Denkeng7124/
Demking711/
Dingceng6716/
Dengqing675/
Dincheng671/
Dengching631/
Demkeng571/

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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 Dinking
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis