Damaka Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Damaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| Cameroon | 136 | 1:152,714 | 16,743 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Damaka (240) may also be a first name.
Damaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Damaka (Hindi: दामका, Marathi: दामका, Oriya: ଦମକା, Russian: Дамака) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damaka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 672,867th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Damaka are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 577,234th most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 240 people.
Damaka is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 46 percent are found, Sokoto, where 40 percent are found and Kogi, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Damaka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Damaka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Damaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damaka in the Marathi language | ||
| दामका | damaka | 66.67 |
| दामाका | damaka | 33.33 |
| Damaka in the Hindi language | ||
| दामका | damaka | 50 |
| दमका | damaka | 50 |
| Damaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦମକା | damaka | 45.45 |
| ଡମକା | damaka | 45.45 |
| ଦାମକା | damaka | 9.09 |
| Damaka in the Russian language | ||
| Дамака | damaka | - |
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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 Damaka
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