Dembou Surname
Approximately 596 people bear this surname
Dembou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 560 | 1:26,035 | 597 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Dembou (106) may also be a first name.
Dembou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dembou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dembou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺒﻮ) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dembou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dembou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 539,451st most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dembou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Dembou is also the 915,176th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 106 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is held by 560 people, or 1 in 26,035. In Senegal Dembou is most common in: Kolda Region, where 96 percent are found, Dakar Region, where 3 percent are found and Ziguinchor Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Senegal Dembou occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dembou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dembou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻣﺒﻮ | dmbw | 85.71 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﻮ | dambw | 14.29 |
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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 Dembou
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