Damagu Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

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

Damagu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damagu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea891:91,61512,219
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Damagu (34) may also be a first name.

Damagu Last Name Facts

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

Damagu is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damagu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Damagu is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 74 percent of Damagu live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 74 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 34 people.

Damagu is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 91,615. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Chimbu, where 37 percent reside, National Capital District, where 29 percent reside and Madang, where 19 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damangu927/
Damagau923/
Damagud923/
Damagou921/
Dhamagu921/
Damangou861/
Demagu83101/
Dammagoud804/
Dhamagaud803/
Demagau777/
Dhomagu774/
Domangu772/
Demaghu771/
Doumagu771/
Doimagu771/
Damougou7111/
Demmagau717/
Doumagou711/
Deumagou711/
Damongou711/
Demegu671/
Domoghu622/
Doumegou571/
Doumougou532/

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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
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  • 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 Damagu
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