Dib Surname

11,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,095 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Dib Surname User-submission:

Dib means "wolf", the word comes from Arabic.

Dib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria32,1721:1,20185
Morocco4,4641:7,7231,000
Brazil2,8101:76,1832,852
Saudi Arabia1,8291:16,8702,323
Egypt1,4641:62,7985,897
Argentina1,3111:32,6042,711
France1,0591:62,7228,580
United States9061:400,06535,011
Australia5241:51,5196,372
Canada3931:93,75510,242
Spain3791:123,3569,548
Venezuela2911:103,7943,760
Kuwait2311:16,4532,197
Mexico2231:556,6209,555
United Arab Emirates1841:49,7954,996
Bahrain1471:9,1741,687
Qatar1441:16,3751,767
Sweden1271:77,5345,797
Romania1211:165,93317,222
Chile1091:161,6195,406
Cuba1061:108,7053,127
England971:574,41334,909
Nigeria961:1,845,23766,383
Germany901:894,50563,669
Iran811:947,93244,636
Belgium641:179,63524,162
Syria571:338,6144,638
Russia471:3,066,448164,949
Cambodia391:397,1063,882
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Benin271:382,80028,543
India271:28,409,829361,298
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Austria231:370,23639,193
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Taiwan221:1,065,6707,365
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Lebanon191:296,68910,035
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Greece151:738,65380,079
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Turkey141:5,558,673112,907
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Norway131:395,56035,657
Jordan121:736,87014,651
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Bulgaria101:697,89027,590
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Ivory Coast91:2,563,47041,100
Belize51:71,0952,977
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Djibouti41:228,733966
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
China21:683,660,78330,601
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Comoros11:749,524685
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominica11:75,891912
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Dib (4,661) may also be a first name.

Dib Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dib means "wolf", the word comes from Arabic.

- belajannini

Dib Last Name Facts

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

Dib (Arabic: ديـب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺬﻳﺐ, Hindi: दिब, Oriya: ଦିବ, Russian: Диб) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dib? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,204th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 145,475 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Dib live; 76 percent live in North Africa and 73 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 100,407th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 4,661 people.

This surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is borne by 32,172 people, or 1 in 1,201. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tlemcen Province, where 17 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 8 percent are found and Mila Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Algeria it exists in 110 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Dib Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Dib surname are 10.97% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.2% being registered with the party.

The amount Dib earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.03% less than the national average, earning 266,374 kr per year; in United States they earn 15.24% more than the national average, earning $49,724 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.82% less than the national average, earning $48,281 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhib863,157/
Daib861,438/
Dieb861,047/
Dibs86636/
Dibt86376/
Deib86352/
Doib86166/
Diob8652/
Dibh865/
Ditb862/
Duib862/
Dibì862/
Dibp861/
Dibz861/
Hdib861/
Disb861/
Hdaib751,058/
Daibh75486/
Dhaib75335/
Dhieb7582/
Daibs7560/
Dhoib7523/
Hdeib7512/
Dheib755/
Dhuib755/
Dibss751/
Hdieb751/
Dhibd751/
Dibch751/
Deb67239,503/
Dip6785,491/
Dif6732,331/
Dyb672,562/
Div672,543/
Diw6794/
Dibová6714/
Dibova678/
Djb673/
Dibowa673/
Deibth671/
Déb671/
H'Deib671/

Dib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dib in the Oriya language
ଦିବdiba88.57
ଡିବdiba5.71
ଦୀବdiba2.86
ଡ଼ିବriba2.86
Dib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺬﻳﺐaldhyb66.67
ﺍﻟﺪﻳﺐaldyb33.33
Dib in the Hindi language
दिबdiba20
डिब्बीdibbi20
अदीबadiba20
दीबdiba20
दिब्याdibya20
Dib in the Russian language
Дибdib-
Dib in the Arabic language
ديـبdyb-
ديبdyb-

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