Damab Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Damab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea431:189,62126,314
India141:54,790,384527,769
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Damab (26) may also be a first name.

Damab Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damab (Hindi: दामाब) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Damab click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damab? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,530,696th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Damab live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 74 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Damab is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 26 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dammab913/
Damabh912/
Dhamab911/
Damap80352/
Damaw8013/
Damav807/
Demab806/
Damob802/
Domaub73453/
Damova73194/
Damaap7349/
Damaiv7316/
Damape7313/
Damowa733/
Damafe731/
Dhamav731/
Damaff731/
Daumav731/
Damaav731/
Damaip731/
Damaph731/
Daumova67148/
Daimova6724/
Daymova6724/
Damgova6715/
Dhamape675/
Daamapp674/
Damaupe673/
Dhamapp673/
Damaffe671/
Dhamavs671/
Dammova671/
Dahamap671/

Damab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damab in the Hindi language
दामाबdamaba-

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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 Damab
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