Damaskus Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Damaskus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damaskus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Damaskus (202) may also be a first name.

Damaskus Last Name Facts

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

Damaskus is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damaskus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Damaskus is the 4,532,898th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Damaskus occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Damaskus are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 637,340th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 202 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Damaskus is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 58 percent are found, East Kalimantan, where 33 percent are found and Jakarta, where 8 percent are found. Other than Indonesia Damaskus exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damascus889,489/
Damaskos88648/
Damaskas882/
Dimaskus881/
Damauskas8263/
Damskis809/
Damsuks801/
Demskus801/
Damasickis782/
Damascos7531/
Demascus758/
Dameseks752/
Dimascus751/
Demuskus751/
Damascas750/
Tamas-Kis714/
Tamauskas713/
Demauskas711/
Thomaskus711/
Demskis6719/
Dumskis6711/
Tamasaukas6710/
Domskis678/
Dimskis677/
Taumasauks675/
Tamaauskas674/
Dumskys673/
Damsics671/

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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 Damaskus
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