Dyau Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Dyau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dyau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1171:452,49231,593
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Dyau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dyau is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dyau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,658,108th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Dyau occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dyau are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daiyau801/
Dayyau801/
Dyaout801/
Diau751,078/
Dyou753/
Dayyahu738/
Diaou671,063/
Djaou671,035/
Diaus67111/
Dyous67106/
Diaux6711/
Dyoju679/
Dhiau673/
Dyohu672/
Diaud672/
Dioyu671/
Diauz671/

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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 Dyau
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