December Surname

139,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Guyana

December Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

December Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,6471:55,8205,345
South Africa5151:105,19912,720
Uganda2871:136,02512,417
Guyana1451:5,257927
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Zimbabwe1141:135,42317,730
Nigeria1111:1,595,88159,722
Lesotho961:21,1724,383
Israel461:186,03618,427
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Kenya221:2,099,08636,356
Liberia151:293,90216,977
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
England41:13,929,515290,718
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

December (8,908) may also be a first name.

December Last Name Facts

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

December (Arabic: سمبر) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name December? popularity and diffusion

The surname December is the 139,848th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,281,636 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of December are found; 52 percent are found in North Africa and 52 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. December is also the 66,181st most frequently held forename internationally, held by 8,908 people.

The last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,647 people, or 1 in 55,820. Apart from Egypt this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 16 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.

December Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the December last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

The amount December earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 60.94% less than the national average, earning R 92,820 per year and in Canada they earn 12.03% less than the national average, earning $43,707 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Decembert9410/
Decembere941/
Decembe931/
Desember88249/
Dezember88187/
Decenber881/
Detember881/
Detsember8256/
Dekembere822/
Decemba8013/
Detsemberh781/
Detenber7563/
Disember758/
Digember751/
Decienbe751/
Dezenber750/
Demver715/
Deumbe711/
Deambe711/
Dettenber711/
Desemba6787/
Daimber671/
Desenbe671/
Ditembe671/
Dizembe671/
Deanber670/

December Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
December in the Arabic language
سمبرsmbr-

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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 December
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