Dittmers Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dittmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dittmers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1271:633,90150,033
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Dittmers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dittmers is most common in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dittmers.

How Common Is The Last Name Dittmers? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,459,453rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Dittmers reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 633,901. In Germany Dittmers is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 61 percent are found, Hamburg, where 31 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 6 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Dittmers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dittmers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dittmers surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dettmers88718/
Deitmers8867/
Dithmers8812/
Dittmars881/
Dimers861/
Detmers801,250/
Ditmars80870/
Dimmers80358/
Diemers80187/
Dutmers80156/
Deimers801/
Ditmors800/
Dethmers75316/
Dietmars750/
Demers7135,178/
Ditmarsch7165/
Demmers67941/
Demerse67229/
Demeurs67111/
Deumers6784/
Demears6718/
Desmers6715/
Dimitrs6711/
Demerst673/
Demerss673/
Detmars672/
Deemers672/
Dhemers671/
Dehmers671/
Demitrs671/
Demiers670/
Demersh670/
Deamers670/
Demeers670/
Desmerse631/
Deamerse630/
Demherst630/
Demershe630/
Demherrst590/
Demirs5764/
Demyrs570/
Demerce5310/
Demirrs537/
Demerze531/
Demerche502/
Desmairs501/
Demairst500/
Demearch500/

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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
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  • 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 Dittmers
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