Dismal Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Dismal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dismal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Dismal (40) may also be a first name.

Dismal Last Name Facts

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

Dismal (Marathi: मल) occurs most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dismal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dismal? popularity and diffusion

Dismal is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Dismal is primarily found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Dismal are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 40 people.

Dismal is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is most numerous in: South Carolina, where 87 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Oregon, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Bahrain, where 15 percent are found and Russia, where 11 percent are found.

Dismal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dismal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dismal last name decreased 55 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dismal Last Name Statistics demography

Dismal earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.34% less than the national average, earning $18,838 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dismail9233/
Dishmal920/
Dismall920/
Dimal912,399/
Daismail861/
Dhimal8327,393/
Dimale83446/
Desmal83160/
Dusmal838/
Dimail836/
Dimmal833/
Diomal832/
Diemal832/
Dimasl832/
Daimal831/
Ditmal831/
Dihmal831/
Dimagli77214/
Dhimale777/
Dimmale776/
Deshmal776/
Dhaimal775/
Dimayle775/
Dimatel771/
Duszmal771/
Dimasil771/
Desmaal771/
Dhimmal771/
Dhuimal771/
Desmall770/
Dimol731,115/
Demal73445/
Djmal7388/
Démal7316/
Dýmal7315/
Dymal732/
Dímal731/
Daimatil7111/
Dimattel717/
Dimgailė712/
Deschmal711/
Dimausil711/
Demale67200/
Dejmal67156/
Deumal67138/
Demail67115/
Daimol6758/
Dymale6751/
Dimole6737/
Dezmal6733/
Deemal6729/
Duzmal6726/
Dehmal6715/
Daimalowa6714/
Demasl678/
Demall677/
D'Emal674/
Deamal674/
Demalt673/
Djmale672/
Demaël672/
Dhemal672/
Dajmal672/
Dimold671/
Diemol671/
Demeal671/
Ddemal671/
Djmail671/
Hdemal671/
Demaal671/
Demajl671/
Desmol671/
Detmal670/

Dismal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dismal in the Marathi language
मलmala-

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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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  • 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 Dismal
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