Diocles Surname
Approximately 2,471 people bear this surname
Diocles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,430 | 1:21,787 | 2,701 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Dioclès (2) are calculated separately.
Diocles (2,673) may also be a first name.
Diocles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diocles Come From? nationality or country of origin
Diocles occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as: Dioclès. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diocles? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 173,814th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,949,229 people. The surname Diocles is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Diocles live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 141,783rd most widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 2,673 people.
The surname Diocles is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,430 people, or 1 in 21,787. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 93 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 4 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dioclès | 95 | 2 | / |
| Diocless | 93 | 127 | / |
| Dioclese | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dioclest | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dicles | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dioclesse | 88 | 1 | / |
| Deocles | 86 | 244 | / |
| Diacles | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dicless | 86 | 1 | / |
| Daicles | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dicleas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Deocless | 80 | 5 | / |
| Dickless | 80 | 2 | / |
| Dicelles | 80 | 0 | / |
| Djocle | 77 | 208 | / |
| Decles | 77 | 9 | / |
| Descles | 71 | 97 | / |
| Dickels | 71 | 5 | / |
| Disclez | 71 | 4 | / |
| Deckles | 71 | 3 | / |
| Declies | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deacles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Djockle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Diskles | 71 | 0 | / |
| Deecles | 71 | 0 | / |
| Decelles | 67 | 1,482 | / |
| Decilles | 67 | 49 | / |
| Dicellis | 67 | 29 | / |
| Décelles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Declesse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deckless | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dicillis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Desclets | 67 | 0 | / |
| Dickells | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Diocles
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