Demlew Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Demlew Surname User-submission:

The Demlew surname means 'to defeat the enemy by using force'.

Demlew Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Demlew (2,777) may also be a first name.

Demlew Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Demlew surname means 'to defeat the enemy by using force'.

- Haben GS
DNA test information

Demlew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Demlew occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Demlew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,605,694th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Demlew live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Demlew is also the 138,531st most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 2,777 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Aside from Ethiopia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Demliew921/
Demillew861/
Denlew8310/
Demilw834/
Demliw831/
Damlaew771/
Demlova624/
Denliev623/
Dengliev571/
Damløv507/

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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
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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 Demlew
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