Dié Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Dié Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dié Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France301:2,214,091176,965
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Die (24,779), Diè (1) & Díe (6) are calculated separately.

Dié (566) may also be a first name.

Dié Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dié occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Die, Diè or Díe. For other potential spellings of Dié click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dié? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dié is the 2,273,756th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Dié reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Dié is also the 352,783rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 566 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,214,091. In France Dié is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 37 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent live and Île-de-France, where 23 percent live. Outside of France Dié occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 23 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Die8924,779/
Diè891/
Diéz864/
Diéh861/
Dihé861/
Díe786/
Diéyi751/
Dji673,542/
Deé67112/
Dée6723/
Djé6722/
Dyé672/
Diá671/
Däi671/
Déé671/

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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 Dié
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