Damacus Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Damacus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 315 | 1:562,358 | 27,325 |
| Romania | 304 | 1:66,046 | 7,937 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
The alternate forms: Damacuș (1), Dămăcuș (63) & Dămăcuş (63) are calculated separately.
Damacus (14) may also be a first name.
Damacus Demographics
Damacus Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Damacus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damacus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Damacus occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Damacuș, Dămăcuș or Dămăcuş. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damacus? popularity and diffusion
The last name Damacus is the 504,389th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,194,387 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Damacus live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 562,358. In Nigeria Damacus is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 99 percent are found, Lagos, where 1 percent are found and Rivers, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Damacus exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 47 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Damacus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Damacus surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.
Damacus earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.81% more than the national average, earning $46,521 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damacuș | 95 | 1 | / |
| Damascus | 93 | 9,489 | / |
| Damacius | 93 | 6 | / |
| Damaceus | 93 | 2 | / |
| Dammacus | 93 | 0 | / |
| Damackus | 93 | 0 | / |
| Damasus | 86 | 170 | / |
| Dămăcuș | 86 | 63 | / |
| Dămăcuş | 86 | 63 | / |
| Daumasus | 80 | 3 | / |
| Damakaus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Damaku | 77 | 63 | / |
| Domacu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dhamakaus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Domocus | 71 | 121 | / |
| Damakau | 71 | 5 | / |
| Domakus | 71 | 4 | / |
| Damakou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damakos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damakhu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damazos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dammaku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damakup | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damaskou | 67 | 508 | / |
| Domaycos | 67 | 18 | / |
| Domaicos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Damakoos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhaimaku | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Damacus
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