Dahmed Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Dahmed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dahmed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1631:25,1222,171
Pakistan371:4,828,21331,875
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dahmed (225) may also be a first name.

Dahmed Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dahmed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺣﻤﺪ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dahmed? popularity and diffusion

Dahmed is the 1,163,787th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname Dahmed is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Dahmed are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Dahmed is also the 599,828th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 225 people.

Dahmed is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 25,122. In Mauritania Dahmed is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 34 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 33 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 18 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hdahmed9217/
D'Ahmed921/
Daahmed921/
Dahmead921/
Dahamed921/
Damed9153/
Hdahamed866/
Daahamed861/
Dehmed83121/
Dameed8377/
Dammed8318/
Dahmid8315/
Dhamed8312/
Damied832/
Dahmet831/
Damead831/
Daimed831/
Dahamid7792/
Dahamet778/
Dhammed772/
Dahmett771/
Deamead770/
Damid731,487/
Damet73566/
Demed73114/
Domed7362/
Damedova715/
Damite671,619/
Daumet67245/
Dametz67150/
Damete67130/
Damhet6752/
Dammid6714/
Damyod6714/
Dhamid6712/
Damiet679/
Dhamet676/
Dammet676/
Demmed675/
Damets673/
Daimet672/
Daimid672/
Damijd671/
Dahmit671/
Dasmet671/
Dameet671/
Dameit671/
Damest671/
Damaid671/
Dehmid671/
Daemet671/
Dameut670/
Damett670/

Dahmed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dahmed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﺣﻤﺪdhmd83.78
ﺩﺍﺣﻤﺪdahmd5.41
ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻤﺪaldhmd4.05
ﺩﻫﻤﺪdhmd4.05
ﺍﺣﻤﺪahmd2.7

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dahmed
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