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Where Does The Last Name Daman Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Daman (Arabic: دامان, Bengali: দমন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺎﻥ, Hindi: दमन, Marathi: दमन, Oriya: ଡମାନ, Russian: Даман, Tibetan: ད་མན་) is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Damań or Däman. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Daman? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Daman is the 24,390^th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 328,682 people. The surname Daman occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Daman live; 30 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 19,791^st most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 46,072 people.

The surname Daman is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 5,048 people, or 1 in 3,636. In Burkina Faso Daman is most common in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 95 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso it occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 16 percent live and Iraq, where 13 percent live.

Daman Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Daman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Daman last name increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 259 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Daman Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Shiite (98%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Daman surname are 8.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.68% registered with the political party.

The amount Daman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.44% less than the national average, earning R 110,652 per year; in United States they earn 2.78% more than the national average, earning $44,348 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.22% more than the national average, earning $54,760 CAD per year.