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 more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Detemo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Detemo is the 263,899th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,910,745 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Detemo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Besides Ethiopia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

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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