Damaska Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Damaska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damaska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1901:1,907,679123,720
Ukraine101:4,552,270216,874
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Damaška (33) & Damaská (5) are calculated separately.

Damaska (12) may also be a first name.

Damaska Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damaska (Russian: Дамаска) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as: Damaška or Damaská. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damaska? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,104,724th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Damaska live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. Damaska is also the 3,306,491st most common forename worldwide, held by 12 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 1,907,679. In The United States Damaska is primarily found in: Michigan, where 23 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 23 percent live and Maryland, where 11 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Damaska Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Damaska has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Damaska last name grew 19,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Damaska Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Damaska surname are 34.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.08% registered to vote for the political party.

Damaska earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.67% less than the national average, earning $37,681 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Damaska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damaska in the Russian language
Дамаскаdamaska-

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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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  • 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 Damaska
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