Damau Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Damau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 175 | 1:403,648 | 70,850 |
| Kenya | 166 | 1:278,192 | 18,180 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Indonesia | 81 | 1:1,632,706 | 107,418 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Damau (124) may also be a first name.
Damau Demographics
Damau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Damau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damau (Hindi: डामौ, Marathi: दमउ, Oriya: ବଡଡମାଏ) has its highest incidence in Thailand. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Damau is the 555,669th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,718,230 people. The last name Damau is predominantly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Damau are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 31 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 836,439th most widely held first name globally, borne by 124 people.
Damau is most widespread in Thailand, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 403,648. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Yala Province, where 93 percent live, Bangkok, where 2 percent live and Ang Thong Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Thailand Damau exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 percent live.
Damau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Damau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Damau last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Damau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (80%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Damau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damau in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଡଡମାଏ | badadama'e | - |
| Damau in the Marathi language | ||
| दमउ | dama'u | 62.5 |
| दमाउ | dama'u | 12.5 |
| दमउु | damauu | 12.5 |
| दामु | damu | 12.5 |
| Damau in the Hindi language | ||
| डामौ | damau | 60 |
| दमऊ | dama'u | 30 |
| दमउ | dama'u | 10 |
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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 Damau
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