Dadama Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Dadama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dadama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
India131:59,005,029552,550
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Dadama (237) may also be a first name.

Dadama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dadama Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dadama (Hindi: दाडमा, Marathi: दादमा, Oriya: ଦାଦାମା) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dadama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Dadama reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dadama is also the 581,650th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 237 people.

Dadama is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Dadama is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent reside and Spain, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dadama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dadama in the Marathi language
दादमाdadama-
Dadama in the Hindi language
दाडमाdadama83.67
दाड़माdarama11.22
डाडमाdadama3.06
दड़माdarama1.02
दाड़ामाdarama1.02
Dadama in the Oriya language
ଦାଦାମାdadama63.64
ଦାଡମାdadama18.18
ବୁଦାଦାମାbudadama9.09
ଦଦମାdadama9.09

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dadama
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