Damaga Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Damaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Damaga (77) may also be a first name.
Damaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Damaga occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damaga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,312,869th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. Damaga occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Damaga are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damaga is also the 1,100,117th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 77 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Damaga is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 55 percent reside, Kano, where 27 percent reside and Zamfara, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Damaga
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