Demo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Doe in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 13 more, Delphine in FR France, BE Belgium, KE Kenya and 4 more, Dei in IN India and Do in BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Demo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname7.7K records spelled Demo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, India, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Demó

• French surname2.9K records spelled Demo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Belgium, France, United States, India

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Démo, Dëmö, Dêmo, Démô

• Croatian surname2.3K records spelled Demo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, India, North Macedonia

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian

  Also written Демо

• English surname1.1K records spelled Demo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Germany, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Demoe, Dēmo, Dëmö, Dëmoe

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Demo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, forma coloquial, redução de Aristodemo ou Nicodemo

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, clipping of Demonstration (“demonstration, rally”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, to remove, take away, or subtract

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, a demo (e.g. a music album)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of でも

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 8 years between 1921–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Carlo Demob. 1865ITItalian librarian (1865-1933)
• Antonio Demob. 1870ITItalian-American priest
• Pedro Demob. 1941BRBrazilian sociologist
• Pavel Demob. 1953CZCzech physicist
• Roberto Demob. 1965ITItalian singer
• Edoardo Demob. 1969ITresearcher
• Ervin Demob. 1982ALAlbanian politician
• Lovro Demob. 1994HRCroatian basketball player (born 1994)
• Angela Democasting director
• Gabriel DemoCZresearcher

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 161 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Demo?

We estimate roughly 37 thousand people bear Demo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Demo have the most bearers?

We estimate about 30 thousand people bear Demo in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled doe.

How common is Demo compared with other names?

In Morocco, Demo is the 29th most common surname of 210,764 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Demo mean?

Recorded meaning: A demonstration or visual explanation.