Dumitru Forename

9,525th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 107,689 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Dumitru Forename User-submission:

Dumitru is a Romanian equivalent of the Greek name Demetrious (Demetrius in Latin), meaning 'devoted to the goddess Demeter'. The name of the goddess Demeter means 'the giver of food' or 'the river of grain'.

Dumitru Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania
100%
75,0071:26759
Moldova
100%
26,0041:13736
Spain
100%
3,0921:15,049990
United States
100%
9821:369,18210,746
Belgium
100%
3781:30,3971,908
Greece
100%
3601:30,3741,305
Canada
100%
3311:100,1015,095
Italy
84%
 
2391:255,4903,371
England
100%
1861:298,9407,571
Austria
100%
1661:51,2901,537
Germany
100%
1661:582,3975,745
Sweden
100%
1131:87,2383,908
Portugal-1111:93,7922,607
France
100%
1071:621,2186,048
Russia
93%
 
601:2,403,89515,182
Brazil
100%
531:4,042,19267,840
Israel
100%
451:186,7325,989
Ireland
100%
371:125,5012,828
Denmark-331:171,1974,043
Norway
100%
321:160,3854,349
Switzerland
100%
241:342,2296,382
Netherlands
100%
191:889,58316,206
Qatar
100%
181:131,64515,202
Transnistria
100%
151:31,709613
Thailand
100%
131:5,389,67896,686
Czechia
100%
101:1,065,6163,543
Bulgaria
100%
101:699,0399,190
United Arab Emirates-101:715,19924,449
South Africa
100%
71:7,790,378138,656
Hungary
100%
51:1,958,3544,174
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
China-41:341,513,94678,144
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Serbia
100%
31:2,381,9077,319
Finland
50%
 
31:1,827,72814,078
Ukraine-31:15,166,63617,541
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
Turkey
50%
 
21:38,900,85464,839
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Slovenia
100%
11:2,458,7586,723
Liberia-11:4,412,06136,340
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Northern Cyprus
100%
11:318,1333,044
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737

The alternate forms: Dümitru (1) are calculated separately.

Dumitru (96,585) may also be a surname.

Dumitru Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dumitru is a Romanian equivalent of the Greek name Demetrious (Demetrius in Latin), meaning 'devoted to the goddess Demeter'. The name of the goddess Demeter means 'the giver of food' or 'the river of grain'.

- deleted-173293

Dumitru Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dümitru951/
Dumuitru933/
Dumitrui932/
Dumitrou932/
Dumaitru931/
Dumittru931/
Dumitrut931/
Dumitrus931/
Dumiru9210/
Dimitru8664/
Dumytru8644/
Domitru865/
Dumutru865/
Doomitru801/
Dimitruy801/
Dimitrui801/
Dumetreus751/
Doumoirou751/
Dimutru713/
Dimetrou671/
Domtr671/

Dumitru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dumitru in the Russian language
Думитруdumitru-

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