Damascene Surname

40,144th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,069 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Damascene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damascene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda13,0231:873194
France191:3,495,933219,029
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Damascene (8,110) may also be a first name.

Damascene Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damascene occurs more in Rwanda more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Damascene click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damascene? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 40,144th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 557,621 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damascene live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 70,418th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 8,110 people.

Damascene is most frequent in Rwanda, where it is carried by 13,023 people, or 1 in 873. Not including Rwanda it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 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 Damascene
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