Damabu Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

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

Damabu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Damabu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Damabu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damabu is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damabu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Damabu is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Damabu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Damabu live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Central, where 91 percent reside and Western, where 9 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhamabu921/
Dahamabu861/
Domabu836/
Damavu831/
Damawu831/
Damawou775/
Doumabu771/
Domabudh718/
Damoubou711/
Dotmabut711/
Domawu671/
Doumobou571/
Tdamoboe571/
Deamoboe571/
Deumawou571/
Doumoubou531/
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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 Damabu
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