Damah Surname
Approximately 2,311 people bear this surname
Damah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Guinea | 339 | 1:34,908 | 566 |
| India | 268 | 1:2,862,184 | 87,228 |
| Liberia | 191 | 1:23,081 | 2,280 |
| Indonesia | 135 | 1:979,624 | 72,032 |
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Lebanon | 101 | 1:55,813 | 4,410 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Yemen | 45 | 1:587,229 | 10,927 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Palestine | 19 | 1:239,413 | 9,903 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Syria | 13 | 1:1,484,694 | 8,122 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Damah (5,757) may also be a first name.
Damah Demographics
Damah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Damah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damah (Arabic: دميّه, Marathi: दमाह) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 183,726th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,153,417 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Damah live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 87,986th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 5,757 people.
This last name is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 610 people, or 1 in 150,714. Without taking into account Egypt this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 15 percent are found and Guinea, where 15 percent are found.
Damah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (99%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Damah last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.
Damah earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Damah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damah in the Marathi language | ||
| दमाह | damaha | - |
| Damah in the Arabic language | ||
| دميّه | dmyh | - |
| دماعه | dmah | - |
| دامه | damh | - |
| دمعه | dmh | - |
| ضميه | dmyh | - |
| دميه | dmyh | - |
| ديمه | dymh | - |
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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 Damah
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