Dvies Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dvies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dvies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
England61:9,286,343223,652
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales31:522,80514,314

Dvies Last Name Facts

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

Dvies is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dvies? popularity and diffusion

Dvies is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Dvies is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Dvies live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Dvies is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 44 percent are found, Lagos, where 44 percent are found and Rivers, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent are found and Liberia, where 6 percent are found.

Dvies Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dvies has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dvies surname increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dvis8953/
Dvie8918/
Dves892/
Dvijesh831/
Dvist8046/
Duies8016/
Dvais806/
Dvier801/
Dvice801/
Dvjie801/
Dwies800/
Dgyves7312/
Dveiye736/
Duiess733/
D'Vice732/
Dveast730/
Duis671,501/
Dues671,210/
Dwis6798/
Duie6742/
Dempies6729/
Dwie6720/
Dvisova674/
Dbis672/
D'Gyves672/
Dvez672/
Dvesova672/
Dviz671/
Dvge671/
Dvys671/
Dvex671/
Dwijesh671/
Dbie671/

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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 Dvies
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