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 in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dintwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 261,614th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,858,364 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dintwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 415,584th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 427 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is carried by 1,252 people, or 1 in 1,747. Other than Botswana it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

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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