Demby Surname

66,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sierra Leone
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone

Demby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Demby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sierra Leone5,2541:1,349251
United States1,8951:191,27118,939
Poland1481:256,81632,128
England761:733,13240,828
Mauritania341:120,4377,101
Senegal271:539,9762,259
Israel181:475,42436,085
Liberia161:275,53316,331
Sweden151:656,45048,545
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Congo51:997,81917,129
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3461:145,14113,587

Demby (53) may also be a first name.

Demby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Demby (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺒﻲ) is most common in Sierra Leone. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Demby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 66,074th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 965,238 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Demby live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Demby is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held first name globally, held by 53 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 5,254 people, or 1 in 1,349. Besides Sierra Leone it exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Poland, where 2 percent reside.

Demby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Demby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Demby last name rose 548 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 844 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Demby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Demby last name are 5.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.06% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Demby earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 51.37% less than the national average, earning R 115,572 per year and in United States they earn 6.93% less than the national average, earning $40,157 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diemby9123/
Dembey9113/
Dembhy916/
Deumby913/
Dembuy913/
Dembay912/
Dhemby911/
Demnby911/
Deamboy8344/
Dembych8340/
Dembaya835/
Dembyts831/
Deameby830/
Demba8036,177/
Dembi807,408/
Dembe807,140/
Denby805,056/
Domby80407/
Damby8086/
Dimby8026/
Dmbay804/
Demvy804/
Dembé802/
Dmbey801/
Dhemba73777/
Dombay73725/
Ddembe73661/
Dhembe73408/
Dember73378/
Diemba73363/
Dombey73304/
Dambay73294/
Dembee73256/
Diembi73210/
Dhembi73204/
Dembet73138/
Diembe73135/
Dembis7374/
Deamba7334/
Dembai7333/
Dembić7333/
Dembie7331/
Domboy7329/
Damboy7325/
Dambey7325/
Dembez7324/
Dembit7320/
Dehnby736/
Dembhe735/
Dimbey735/
Demboa735/
Deambi735/
Dembeh734/
Dembea734/
Ddemba734/
Demmba733/
Dehmba732/
Deembe732/
Dembio732/
Dambuy732/
Dimboy732/
Denbey731/
Dimbay731/
Deumbi731/
Deambe731/
Dombyi731/
Deimba731/
Deemba731/
Denbay731/
Dembaa731/
Dembaj731/
Dembes731/
Dembii731/
Deumbe731/
Demway730/
Dambhay67354/
Dembech67277/
Dembitz67111/
Demouey6777/
Dembicz6755/
Dembish6726/
Dambhoy6723/
Dembich6711/
Dhembet679/
Dhembhe676/
Demberh676/
Dmbe673/
Dmba672/
Dembets672/
Dmbi672/
Diombay671/
Dhenmbe671/
Dembaja671/
Deember671/
Denboyd671/
Dammbay671/
Dęby671/
Dembéga671/
Diembie671/
Diomboy671/
Dembait671/
Dembeer671/
Dembeth671/
Dembois670/

Demby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Demby in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻣﺒﻲdmby81.82
ﺩﻣﺒﻰdmby9.09
ﻋﺎﻟﻲaly4.55
ﺩﻣﺐdmb4.55

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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 Demby
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