Dam Dam Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Dam Dam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dam Dam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097

Dam Dam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dam Dam is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dam Dam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dam Dam are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Chadic Africa.

The surname Dam Dam is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger it is most common in: Zinder Region, where 86 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 14 percent live. Besides Niger this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 46 percent live.

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Dam Dam
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