Dinkwe Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Dinkwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dinkwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1281:423,26336,588
Botswana41:546,73222,624

Dinkwe (20) may also be a first name.

Dinkwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dinkwe is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dinkwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dinkwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 20 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 423,263. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Northern Cape, where 10 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent live.

Dinkwe Last Name Statistics demography

Dinkwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.24% less than the national average, earning R 115,884 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dinkgwe9216/
Dingwe8350/
Dinkwa833/
Diengwe7714/
Dingwei7710/
Dingkwa772/
Dhingwe771/
Dingwa67315/
Dinque67212/
Dingue67173/
Dingbe6791/
Dengwe6715/
Dingwi671/
Dhncwe671/
Denkwa671/
Dingweeth670/

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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 Dinkwe
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