Dembo Surname

27,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Dembo Surname Definition:

“Oak” in Polish. Also place name (Dembrovo in Poland and Dombo in Czechoslovakia).

Dembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola7,6901:3,510526
DR Congo4,6791:15,7901,961
Benin2,8411:3,638459
Malawi1,2291:13,9292,189
Nigeria7831:226,23613,295
United States5441:666,28553,204
Zimbabwe5371:28,7494,419
Niger2201:87,2363,702
Indonesia1141:1,160,08182,627
Israel1091:78,5109,522
Burkina Faso1051:174,7824,105
South Africa941:576,35944,560
Latvia681:30,1484,623
Cameroon561:370,87632,690
Canada521:708,56956,910
Australia491:550,93340,757
Belgium421:273,73032,801
Kyrgyzstan361:165,90717,348
England351:1,591,94567,242
Russia301:4,804,102217,805
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
France181:3,690,151224,666
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Senegal161:911,2093,010
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Gambia91:213,717372
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Albania41:728,51420,844
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Dëmbo (11) are calculated separately.

Dembo (11,989) may also be a first name.

Dembo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Oak” in Polish. Also place name (Dembrovo in Poland and Dombo in Czechoslovakia).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Dembo Last Name Facts

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

Dembo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺒﻮ, Russian: Дембо) occurs most in Angola. It can also occur as a variant: Dëmbo. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dembo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dembo is the 27,513th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 373,032 people. The surname Dembo is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Dembo reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 39 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 54,202nd most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 11,989 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Angola, where it is held by 7,690 people, or 1 in 3,510. Outside of Angola this surname exists in 61 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Benin, where 15 percent reside.

Dembo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dembo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 5,440 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dembo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dembo surname are 13.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.35% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dembo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.56% more than the national average, earning R 433,836 per year; in United States they earn 8.77% more than the national average, earning $46,935 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning $50,442 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dëmbo9311/
Dembou91596/
Dembos91120/
Diembo9152/
Dhembo9117/
Demboa915/
Dembot914/
Deimbo913/
Demmbo912/
Demboh911/
Deamboy8344/
Dembosz8340/
Deumbou8320/
Diembou833/
Demboux831/
Dembois830/
Demba8036,177/
Dombo8017,322/
Dambo807,474/
Dimbo804,958/
Denbo80669/
Demvo8039/
Demuo804/
Dmbou801/
Dmboa801/
Demboush772/
Denbos734,450/
Dhemba73777/
Dhombo73545/
Diemba73363/
Diombo73249/
Dhambo73174/
Dimbou73166/
Dhëmbo7372/
Dhimbo7350/
Deamba7334/
Domboy7329/
Damboi7326/
Damboy7325/
Duemba7321/
Domboh7318/
Dembah7318/
Dimbot7317/
Dembap7312/
Dimbos7311/
Dgemba7310/
Dimboi738/
Dennbo737/
Denboh736/
Demuos736/
Dembas735/
Dinmbo735/
Dîmboi735/
Ddemba734/
Demmba733/
Daambo733/
Dehmba732/
Dimboy732/
Daimbo732/
Dehnbo732/
Dimboh732/
Dembaa731/
Denbou731/
Deemuo731/
Dienbo731/
Deimba731/
Dimboo731/
Dembat731/
Deemba731/
Daemba731/
Diemvo731/
Dyombo731/
Dimboa731/
Denboo731/
Ddambo731/
Dembach6783/
Daimboa6750/
Dambhoy6723/
Hdembas679/
Dhembad675/
Dembash672/
Dmba672/
Desmuos671/
Diomboy671/
Deuhmba671/
Dembacz671/
Denboot671/
Dammbou671/
Dombouh671/
Deamuoh671/
Deimbga671/
Denboyd671/
Dionmbo671/

Dembo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dembo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻣﺒﻮdmbw50
ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻮdambw50
Dembo in the Russian language
Дембоdembo-

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