Detemo Surname

263,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Detemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Detemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,4491:67,3206,648
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Detemo (16) may also be a first name.

Detemo Last Name Facts

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

Detemo is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Detemo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 263,899th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,910,745 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Detemo reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Detemo is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.

The surname Detemo is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Besides Ethiopia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dietemo921/
Detemmo921/
Detesmo921/
Detamo835,332/
Detomo8329/
Detema836/
Detimo833/
Ditemo831/
Datemo831/
Dithemo774/
Dettamo771/
Dietomo771/
Dhetamo771/
Dietema771/
Destema771/
Dettimo771/
Deetema771/
Deteamma711/
Ditamo672,129/
Datema671,562/
Detoma67445/
Ditema67126/
Ditomo67113/
Ditimo6726/
Detama676/
Datomo674/
Dotema674/
Dotomo672/
Dotimo671/
Datimo671/
Detima671/

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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 Detemo
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