Damanga Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Damanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Damanga (39) may also be a first name.
Damanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damanga occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damanga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Damanga is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Damanga live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 39 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Damanga is most common in: Borno, where 68 percent live, Sokoto, where 23 percent live and Yobe, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Damanga
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