Dame Forename
16,060th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 59,059 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal
Dame Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 99% | 39,732 | 1:367 | 76 |
| Ethiopia | 95% | 8,091 | 1:12,058 | 1,731 |
| Indonesia | - | 7,592 | 1:33,978 | 4,522 |
| India | 63% | 837 | 1:1,451,467 | 84,194 |
| Spain | 100% | 374 | 1:124,412 | 3,240 |
| Nigeria | 52% | 278 | 1:638,721 | 18,494 |
| Nepal | 90% | 254 | 1:112,155 | 5,952 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 250 | 1:32,609 | 3,238 |
| United States | 63% | 249 | 1:1,455,972 | 27,001 |
| Mauritania | 93% | 217 | 1:18,872 | 1,376 |
| North Macedonia | - | 141 | 1:14,828 | 1,779 |
| Brazil | 100% | 135 | 1:1,586,934 | 36,033 |
| Philippines | 53% | 132 | 1:803,102 | 23,357 |
| Niger | 66% | 117 | 1:163,966 | 5,053 |
| DR Congo | 60% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| France | 86% | 63 | 1:1,055,085 | 8,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 52% | 51 | 1:452,469 | 17,460 |
| New Zealand | - | 50 | 1:90,721 | 4,056 |
| Guinea | 100% | 44 | 1:269,515 | 2,697 |
| England | 100% | 39 | 1:1,425,716 | 20,674 |
| Mauritius | - | 36 | 1:36,050 | 2,505 |
| Burkina Faso | 58% | 33 | 1:556,954 | 18,390 |
| Italy | 78% | 24 | 1:2,544,254 | 16,267 |
| South Africa | 87% | 20 | 1:2,726,632 | 72,557 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 17 | 1:411,199 | 7,134 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 15 | 1:1,440,700 | 34,118 |
| Jamaica | - | 15 | 1:192,215 | 6,523 |
| Canada | - | 11 | 1:3,012,125 | 38,520 |
| Russia | - | 11 | 1:13,112,155 | 45,377 |
| Congo | 82% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10 | 1:1,149,004 | 13,254 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 10 | 1:1,542,382 | 46,134 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 9 | 1:3,383,327 | 86,111 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Guyana | 100% | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Israel | 67% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 7 | 1:351,251 | 4,834 |
| Australia | - | 7 | 1:1,951,089 | 17,897 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Turkey | 50% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Germany | 79% | 3 | 1:32,225,959 | 64,270 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Thailand | 50% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | 50% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Netherlands | 96% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
The alternate forms: Damė (3), Damé (2) & Dáme (1) are calculated separately.
Dame (17,290) may also be a surname.
Dame Forename Popularity
Dame Demographics
Average Dame Salary in
United States
$45,139 USD
Per year
Rank:
181,062 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
7.33742E-5
Rank: 26,157 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
103.7%
Sample size: 134 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Dame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dame in the Russian language | ||
| Даме | dame | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Dame