Demekech Surname

10,313th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Demekech Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Demekech Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia54,5721:1,787317
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Demekech (68) may also be a first name.

Demekech Last Name Facts

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

The surname Demekech is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Demekech? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,313th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 133,538 people. Demekech is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Demekech are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Demekech is also the 1,181,159th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 68 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 54,572 people, or 1 in 1,787. Aside from Ethiopia Demekech exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Demekeche9449/
Demiekech944/
Demeckech941/
Demeikech941/
Demekec939/
Demakech889/
Demekich884/
Demekach881/
Demikech881/
Dimekeche821/
Demeshkich781/
Domokech754/
Deamichez596/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Demekech
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis