Damatu Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Damatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Damatu (33) may also be a first name.

Damatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damatu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damatu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Damatu is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Damatu are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 33 people.

The last name Damatu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Federal Capital Territory, where 83 percent are found and Sokoto, where 17 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Damatu is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent are found and Ghana, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damatut9218/
Damatus923/
Damatou922/
Damatuu921/
Damhatu921/
Damastou862/
Dahamatu861/
Dammatou861/
Damastus861/
Domatu837/
Dematu835/
Damotu831/
Domatus778/
Demateu772/
Dematou771/
Daymotu771/
Damatoo771/
Dhomatu771/
Dommatu771/
Dematheu717/
Doumatou712/
Dommatui711/
Demetu671/
Dajmoutou671/
Demetou6264/
Demotou6233/
Dommetu623/
Domotui621/
Demoutu621/
Domgothu571/
Demeitou571/

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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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  • 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 Damatu
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