Dembelle Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Dembelle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dembelle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal611:239,0061,515
Burkina Faso141:1,310,86411,575
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France41:16,605,680368,153
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

The alternate forms: Dembellé (2) are calculated separately.

Dembelle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dembelle (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺒﻠﻰ) occurs most in Senegal. It can also occur as: Dembellé. Click here for further potential spellings of Dembelle.

How Common Is The Last Name Dembelle? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Dembelle reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Senegal, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 239,006. In Senegal it is mostly concentrated in: Tambacounda Region, where 79 percent are found, Saint Louis Region, where 8 percent are found and Dakar Region, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Senegal it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dembellé962/
Ddembelle941/
Dambelle8814/
Dimbelle884/
Demuelle882/
Dembelly882/
Denbelle881/
Dembella881/
Dombelle881/
Dembel86469/
Demble86100/
Dambielle8274/
Dambelleh8216/
D'Ambelle822/
Dembler80134/
Dembley8019/
Dembelh801/
Dimbell800/
Desmuelles781/
Dembl773,372/
Denuelle7599/
Dambelly7592/
Dambelli7510/
Denbel716,008/
Dembla71984/
Dimble71384/
Damble71134/
Dembil71133/
Domble7171/
Dymbel7133/
Dembelova7113/
Dimbel716/
Dembly714/
Desnuelle713/
Demblé712/
Dhomble6719/
Dambley6714/
Deembla6712/
Dhembla678/
Desnuelles674/
D'Amble672/
Dambleu672/
Dimbler672/
Dimbley672/
Denbler670/
Daenble670/
Dienble670/
Dombley670/

Dembelle Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dembelle in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻣﺒﻠﻰdmbly50
ﺩﻣﺒﻠﻪdmblh25
ﺩﻳﻤﺒﻠﻰdymbly25

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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 Dembelle
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