Demyan
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdɛmjən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Demyan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: (surname): Borrowed from Ukrainian Дем’ян (Demʺjan).
- USUnited States1 in 635K(measured from records)
- SDSudan≈1 in 50K
- PSPalestine≈1 in 80K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sudan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 164 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)
≈910 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Sudan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(surname): Borrowed from Ukrainian Дем’ян (Demʺjan).
Sources 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Demyan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD Sudan | ≈910 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Demyan | 1 |
| US United States | 524 | 1 in 635K | 547 | Demyan | 164 |
| EG Egypt | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 452K | — | Demyan | 16 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 199K | — | Demyan | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 716K | listed | Demyan | 11 |
| PS Palestine | ≈60 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Demyan | 2 |
| IE Ireland | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 250K | — | Demyan | 1 |
| MD Moldova | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 277K | 5 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Demyan is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Russian form of DAMIAN .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Demian Mnohohrishnyb. 1621UAnot in their usual nameHetman of Ukrainian Cossacks
- Damian Shibniovb. 1881UAnot in their usual nameRussian painter
- Demyan Bednyb. 1883UARussian poet (1883–1945)
- Dam'i︠a︡n Horni︠a︡tkevychb. 1892PLnot in their usual namepainter
- Demyan Korotchenkob. 1894UASoviet Ukrainian politician (1894-1969)
- Demyan Baryshevb. 1903UASoviet Russian politician
- Dem'ian Ovechkinb. 1912UAnot in their usual nameSoviet engineer, NKVD officer, scientist (1912-1982)
- Demian Carasenib. 1966MDnot in their usual nameGagauz politician
- Demis Karibidisb. 1982RUnot in their usual nameRussian actor
- Demyan Hanulb. 1993UAUkrainian activist (1993–2025)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 25 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 547 | #42,669 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 524 | #41,501 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 502 | #40,987 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Demyan mean, and where does it come from?
- (surname): Borrowed from Ukrainian Дем’ян (Demʺjan). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Demyan?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɛmjən/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Demyan?
- In the etymology graph, Damiano is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Demyan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 912 people named Demyan in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled demyan.
- How common is the name Demyan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 524 people named Demyan in 2010, about 1 in 635 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/demyanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Demyan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.