Damaku Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

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

Damaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea531:153,84421,244
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Damaku (61) may also be a first name.

Damaku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damaku (Hindi: दमकू, Marathi: दमकु) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damaku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,414,640th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Damaku reside; 84 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 84 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,257,960th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 61 people.

The last name Damaku is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 153,844. In Papua New Guinea Damaku is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 79 percent live and Western, where 21 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damakau925/
Damakou921/
Damakhu921/
Dammaku921/
Damakup921/
Damaskou86508/
Dhaimaku861/
Damackus860/
Demaku83870/
Damoku837/
Dhamakaus801/
Damacus77651/
Daimoku7721/
Demakou7711/
Domakus774/
Domakuš772/
Damekou771/
Damacuș771/
Damascus719,489/
Demagkou7127/
Doumakou7123/
Dhamecau711/
Dammacus710/
Demeku6713,039/
Damecu6718/
Domoku674/
Demoku671/
Domacu671/
Domokuš628/
Domokou625/
Dommekou571/
Doumoukou531/
Domecu501/

Damaku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damaku in the Marathi language
दमकुdamaku66.67
दामकूdamaku33.33
Damaku in the Hindi language
दमकूdamaku33.33
दमकुdamaku33.33
डमकूdamaku33.33

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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 Damaku
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