Damascus Forename

197,011th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,548 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Nauru

Damascus Forename Definition:

Da-mas'-kus, a sack full of blood, similitude of burning. A celebrated city of Asia, and anciently the capital of Syria; one of the most venerable places in the world for its antiquity. Gen. xv. 2; 2 Cor. xi. 32.

Damascus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda
100%
9131:44,8602,781
Malawi
100%
2121:80,7184,695
Zimbabwe
97%
 
1321:116,8478,150
United States
100%
851:4,265,14156,002
Nigeria
70%
 
641:2,774,44349,655
Zambia-211:754,99014,121
Iraq
100%
141:2,501,27613,388
India
100%
141:86,776,9981,237,414
South Africa
100%
141:3,895,18990,619
Saint Lucia
100%
121:14,8181,739
Malaysia
100%
101:3,044,99479,253
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
91:151,2699,102
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Lebanon
100%
61:937,9288,462
Tanzania
67%
 
51:10,557,66441,958
Papua New Guinea
60%
 
51:1,630,463100,826
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Philippines
100%
31:35,336,492343,681
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
England-11:55,602,921189,715
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Belize-11:354,3097,663

Damascus (9,489) may also be a surname.

Damascus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Da-mas'-kus, a sack full of blood, similitude of burning. A celebrated city of Asia, and anciently the capital of Syria; one of the most venerable places in the world for its antiquity. Gen. xv. 2; 2 Cor. xi. 32.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: silent is the sackcloth weaver.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Meaning: sackcloth (weaver) is going about (or dwelling) (N.B., this form is in the margin Darmesek).

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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