Dembega Surname
Approximately 2,700 people bear this surname
Dembega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,668 | 1:6,879 | 711 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Dembéga (1) are calculated separately.
Dembega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dembega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dembega is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Dembéga. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dembega? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dembega is the 161,311th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,699,091 people. The surname Dembega occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dembega are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Dembega is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 2,668 people, or 1 in 6,879. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Plateau-Central Region, where 64 percent are found, Centre Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre-Est Region, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dembéga | 95 | 1 | / |
| Dembeiga | 93 | 3 | / |
| Dembeaga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Diembega | 93 | 1 | / |
| Dembaga | 86 | 1,332 | / |
| Dimbega | 86 | 52 | / |
| Dambega | 86 | 19 | / |
| Dembege | 86 | 3 | / |
| Dembiga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dembego | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dembogaj | 80 | 67 | / |
| Dembagha | 80 | 4 | / |
| Dembogha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dembagai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Demëbogaj | 75 | 6 | / |
| Dambiga | 71 | 38 | / |
| Dambego | 71 | 21 | / |
| Dambaga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Damboga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dambagai | 67 | 44 | / |
| Dombagha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dombagaha | 63 | 2 | / |
| Dambago | 57 | 49 | / |
| Denuiga | 57 | 3 | / |
| Dinbaga | 57 | 1 | / |
| Dombogo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Dambagou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Dambahago | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Dembega
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