Djiboutian Surnames

If you're here, it's because you've decided to look up the 350 most common surnames in Djibouti. Surely you've heard of some Djiboutian surnames, but you may be surprised to see surnames in this list that you didn't know were so common in a country like Djibouti. In this list we have totally updated statistical information about the most common surnames among Djiboutians, so if you are looking for information about whether your surname would stand out in Djibouti, we warn you that if it is not in this list, yes, your surname would be something uncommon in Djiboutian lands . However, if your surname appears among these 350 surnames, we are afraid that you will have to stand out for other qualities, as you will be quite common as far as surnames for Djiboutians are concerned

Did you know all these surnames from Djibouti?

If you look, next to each surname in this list you will find a number. That number is the number of people who carry that surname in Djibouti. Of course it is the official number given according to the latest statistics made in Djibouti, and they take into account not Djiboutians, but people who currently live in the country. So it is possible that you may find in Djibouti a surname that you know perfectly well is not a Djiboutian surname, that may help you get an idea of how many people from the same country from which that surname originates have emigrated to Djibouti and have settled there.

Having information about surnames helps us to have information about our history, but also about the history of the different countries. Knowing which surnames are most abundant in Djibouti at the moment helps us to take a snapshot of the country's current reality. In this way, and crossing these data we have about the current Djiboutian surnames with the most abundant Djiboutian surnames one hundred or two hundred years ago, we could get an idea of how Djiboutian society has changed and the level of impact that migration may have had in a country like Djibouti.

Similarly, it is interesting to try to discover what the current data are on the most used surnames in the countries neighbouring Djibouti, and whether they have any surnames in common or if, on the contrary, the coincidences are minimal or non-existent. In this way we can guess what kind of relations Djibouti has with its neighboring countries, and whether there has been mobility between the countries or not. As you can see, a few simple statistics on surnames in Djibouti can provide much more information than may appear at first glance.

Have you been surprised by any of these Djiboutian Last names?

What do you think? Have you already seen in this list of 350 surnames from Djibouti any that have caught your attention? Have you missed any surname that you thought was very common in Djibouti, and yet it has turned out not to be on the list? If you keep searching in other countries you will surely find that surname that you thought was Djiboutian and that turns out to be more common in another country than Djibouti. Sometimes the data surprises us, but that is what encourages us to want to know more about surnames and the reasons why the 350 most common Djiboutian surnames are the ones presented in this list, and not others. We encourage you to continue your research.

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Djiboutian Surnames, globalsurnames.com, 2023