Dintwa Surname

261,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Dintwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dintwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1,2521:1,747153
South Africa2371:228,59823,729
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Dintwa (427) may also be a first name.

Dintwa Last Name Facts

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

Dintwa occurs most in Botswana. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dintwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Dintwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 261,614th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,858,364 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dintwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 415,584th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 427 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 1,252 people, or 1 in 1,747. Without taking into account Botswana this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Dintwa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Dintwa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 43.27% less than the national average, earning R 134,808 per year and in Canada they earn 30.95% less than the national average, earning $34,304 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dintwe833,806/
Dindwa8340/
Dinthwe779/
Dindwad773/
Diendwa771/
Dendwa6713/
Dintui6710/
Dindwe672/
Dindwi671/
Dindua671/
Dindui509/
Dendwe507/

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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 Dintwa
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