Dambele Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Dambele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 254 | 1:57,399 | 838 |
| Ivory Coast | 226 | 1:102,085 | 5,279 |
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| Guinea | 47 | 1:251,783 | 1,040 |
| Burkina Faso | 44 | 1:417,093 | 6,319 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Dambelé (28) & Dambélé (9) are calculated separately.
Dambele (91) may also be a first name.
Dambele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dambele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dambele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻠﻲ, Russian: Дамбеле) is more frequently found in Senegal than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Dambelé or Dambélé. For other potential spellings of Dambele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dambele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 417,348th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. The surname Dambele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Dambele reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Dambele is also the 998,282nd most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 91 people.
Dambele is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is held by 254 people, or 1 in 57,399. In Senegal Dambele is most numerous in: Kolda Region, where 45 percent reside, Tambacounda Region, where 30 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Senegal this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dambele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dambele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻠﻲ | dambly | 27.78 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻠﻰ | dambly | 16.67 |
| ﺩﻣﺒﻠﻲ | dmbly | 16.67 |
| ﺩﻣﺒﻠﻪ | dmblh | 5.56 |
| ﺩﻣﺒﻞ | dmbl | 5.56 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻠﻪ | damblh | 5.56 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻼ | dambla | 5.56 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻞ | dambl | 5.56 |
| ﺩﻣﺒﻴﻠﻰ | dmbyly | 5.56 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻴﻠﻰ | dambyly | 5.56 |
| Dambele in the Russian language | ||
| Дамбеле | dambele | - |
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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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- 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 Dambele
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