Damadama Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Damadama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Damadama 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
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Niger41:4,798,00475,547
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Damadama Last Name Facts

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

Damadama is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Damadama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damadama? popularity and diffusion

Damadama is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Damadama is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Damadama live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Damadama is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 45 percent live, Zamfara, where 45 percent live and Adamawa, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.

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
Damadame886/
Damadami885/
Dhamadhamay841/
Dammadami822/
Dhamadhame7811/
Demadema75236/
Domadoma752/
Dhemadhema676/
Doumadouma673/
Domodomo506/

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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 Damadama
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