Dele Surname
Approximately 24,805 people bear this surname
Dele Surname User-submission:
The surname Dele means 'come home'.
Dele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19,999 | 1:8,858 | 986 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Benin | 654 | 1:15,804 | 2,133 |
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 307 | 1:75,151 | 4,157 |
| India | 307 | 1:2,498,584 | 79,775 |
| Philippines | 231 | 1:438,261 | 54,279 |
| Kenya | 190 | 1:243,052 | 16,770 |
| Taiwan | 186 | 1:126,047 | 1,152 |
| Indonesia | 112 | 1:1,180,796 | 83,720 |
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Denmark | 64 | 1:88,199 | 8,478 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Luxembourg | 37 | 1:15,690 | 3,536 |
| Solomon Islands | 30 | 1:19,334 | 3,744 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Albania | 18 | 1:161,892 | 12,234 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Delé (2) & Délé (6) are calculated separately.
Dele (54,649) may also be a first name.
Dele Surname Meaning
Dele Demographics
Average Dele Salary in
United States
$32,407 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻝ, Hindi: डेले, Marathi: डेले, Oriya: େଡେଲ, Tibetan: བདེ་ལེགས་) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Delé or Délé. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dele? popularity and diffusion
Dele is the 21,915th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 293,793 people. The surname Dele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Dele live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dele is also the 17,140th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 54,649 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19,999 people, or 1 in 8,858. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 19 percent reside, Edo, where 10 percent reside and Kogi, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 59 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 7 percent reside and Benin, where 3 percent reside.
Dele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dele surname increased 817 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (60%) in Kenya and Christian (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Dele are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
Dele earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.9% less than the national average, earning $32,407 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dele in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདེ་ལེགས་ | delek | - |
| Dele in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡେଲ | edela | 93.33 |
| େଦେଲ | edela | 5.56 |
| େଡ଼େଲ | erela | 1.11 |
| Dele in the Hindi language | ||
| डेले | dele | 85.71 |
| देले | dele | 14.29 |
| Dele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻝ | aldl | 75 |
| ﺩﻝ | dl | 25 |
| Dele in the Marathi language | ||
| डेले | dele | 40 |
| देळे | dele | 25.45 |
| देले | dele | 14.55 |
| डोेळे | doele | 7.27 |
| डेल | dela | 5.45 |
| डोॅले | doele | 3.64 |
| डेळे | dele | 3.64 |
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