Dém Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Dém Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
The alternate forms: Dem (24,533), Dèm (4), Dëm (1) & Dểm (1) are calculated separately.
Dém Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dém Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dém is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Dem, Dèm, Dëm or Dểm. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dém? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dém live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 107,760. In Mauritania Dém is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 87 percent live, Brakna Region, where 3 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Mauritania it exists in one country. It is also found in France, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dem | 89 | 24,533 | / |
| Dèm | 89 | 4 | / |
| Dëm | 89 | 1 | / |
| Dểm | 89 | 1 | / |
| Déom | 86 | 327 | / |
| Démi | 86 | 45 | / |
| Déme | 86 | 14 | / |
| Démé | 86 | 3 | / |
| Démo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Démè | 86 | 1 | / |
| Daém | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dm | 80 | 3,613 | / |
| Diémé | 75 | 23 | / |
| Déome | 75 | 5 | / |
| Diéme | 75 | 3 | / |
| Déméa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dayém | 75 | 1 | / |
| Diémè | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dam | 67 | 129,047 | / |
| Dom | 67 | 80,760 | / |
| Dim | 67 | 26,824 | / |
| Dum | 67 | 14,069 | / |
| Dym | 67 | 1,417 | / |
| Dmm | 67 | 415 | / |
| Dmh | 67 | 218 | / |
| Dîm | 67 | 73 | / |
| Dma | 67 | 55 | / |
| Dám | 67 | 51 | / |
| Dtm | 67 | 48 | / |
| Djm | 67 | 40 | / |
| Dmo | 67 | 37 | / |
| Hdm | 67 | 36 | / |
| Dmy | 67 | 24 | / |
| Tdm | 67 | 23 | / |
| Dhm | 67 | 15 | / |
| Dme | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dmi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dmw | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ddm | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dům | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wdm | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dmu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Düm | 67 | 5 | / |
| D M | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dwm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dóm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dyémma | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dém
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