Dió Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Dió Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dió Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Hungary111:892,38945,166
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792

The alternate forms: Dio (18,836) are calculated separately.

Dió Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dió is more commonly found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Dio. For other potential spellings of Dió click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dió? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,980,395th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Dió is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Dió reside; 84 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 84 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Portugal, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 138,910. Not including Portugal this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 12 percent reside and Angola, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dio8918,836/
Diós86858/
Dióz862/
Daijó753/
Diósd751/
Dia67292,098/
Diu6721,512/
Deó676/
Diá671/
Dià671/
Diâ671/

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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 Dió
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