Dendem Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Dendem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dendem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dendem (17) may also be a first name.

Dendem Last Name Facts

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

Dendem is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dendem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Dendem reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dendem is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 17 people.

This surname is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. Besides Brazil this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Ghana, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diendem921/
Denden832,828/
Dindem8370/
Dendym836/
Dendim834/
Dendeng77400/
Dendien7753/
Dhenden7752/
Diendien711/
Dendenne711/
Deendeen711/
Dendin67109/
Dindim678/
Dendyn675/
Dendenova674/
Gyndem671/

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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 Dendem
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