Dembet Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Dembet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 120 | 1:41,576 | 3,928 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Dembet (16) may also be a first name.
Dembet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dembet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dembet (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺒﺖ) is most common in The Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dembet? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dembet is the 1,511,557th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name Dembet occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Dembet live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Dembet is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 16 people.
It is most frequent in The Congo, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 41,576. In The Congo it is primarily concentrated in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 96 percent live, Brazzaville Department, where 3 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 1 percent live. Besides The Congo this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dembet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dembet in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻣﺒﺖ | dmbt | 83.33 |
| ﺟﻤﺒﺖ | jmbt | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Dembet
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