Dyment Surname
Approximately 1,551 people bear this surname
Dyment Surname User-submission:
In our family, this name evolved from dayman, which in turn stood for 'dairy man'. The family lived in Devonshire in the late 1800s, before moving to to Ontario and Prince Edward Island in Canada.
Dyment Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 636 | 1:57,933 | 6,837 |
| United States | 620 | 1:584,611 | 47,805 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| Russia | 71 | 1:2,029,902 | 125,931 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| Ukraine | 34 | 1:1,338,903 | 111,766 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 111 | 1:219,598 | 16,839 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:71,292 | 3,399 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Dyment Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
In our family, this name evolved from dayman, which in turn stood for 'dairy man'. The family lived in Devonshire in the late 1800s, before moving to to Ontario and Prince Edward Island in Canada.
- ddymentA Jewish surname. It comes from the German word "diamant" meaning diamond. It is an occupational surname for a jeweller.
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Dyment Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dyment Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dyment (Russian: Дымент) has its highest incidence in Canada. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dyment? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 254,576th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,698,611 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Dyment are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most widely held in Canada, where it is carried by 636 people, or 1 in 57,933. In Canada Dyment is most prevalent in: Ontario, where 66 percent live, Prince Edward Island, where 14 percent live and Alberta, where 7 percent live. Other than Canada Dyment occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Dyment Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dyment has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dyment last name increased 31,000 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 30 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 209 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dyment Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Dyment last name are 7.97% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.2% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dyment earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.87% more than the national average, earning $48,269 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.47% more than the national average, earning $53,392 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dyment Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dyment in the Russian language | ||
| Дымент | dyment | - |
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Footnotes
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