Damawa Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Damawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Damawa (492) may also be a first name.
Damawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Damawa occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,398,030th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Damawa are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damawa is also the 383,044th most common given name worldwide It is held by 492 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria Damawa is mostly found in: Benue, where 59 percent live, Adamawa, where 14 percent live and Yobe, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damhawa | 92 | 13 | / |
| Damaiwa | 92 | 12 | / |
| Damawah | 92 | 2 | / |
| Damawaz | 92 | 1 | / |
| Damawat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Daumawa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Damaswai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Damawi | 83 | 464 | / |
| Demawa | 83 | 88 | / |
| Damawe | 83 | 79 | / |
| Domawa | 83 | 61 | / |
| Damava | 83 | 20 | / |
| Damaba | 83 | 7 | / |
| Damawo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Damowa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Dhammawat | 80 | 4 | / |
| Damaeva | 77 | 270 | / |
| Dahmawi | 77 | 209 | / |
| Demhawa | 77 | 45 | / |
| Doumawa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Damavat | 77 | 11 | / |
| Damabai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Damawou | 77 | 5 | / |
| Domaway | 77 | 4 | / |
| Damawee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damowah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damaaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Domauwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dammaba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damaabe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damawie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Domhawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dahmawy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damouwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Demawai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damgawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Demaway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damaiba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Damahva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Demawah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dhamavat | 71 | 542 | / |
| Damabhai | 71 | 89 | / |
| Doumhawa | 71 | 23 | / |
| Dhamabai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Doummawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Domawais | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dhamaavi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damova | 67 | 194 | / |
| Damabi | 67 | 123 | / |
| Damave | 67 | 115 | / |
| Dhamabhai | 67 | 96 | / |
| Dameva | 67 | 38 | / |
| Damabe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Damabo | 67 | 15 | / |
| Damavi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Domawe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Demowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Damavo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Damaby | 67 | 2 | / |
| Domava | 67 | 2 | / |
| Doumahawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daimaabai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damahavad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dammabhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Domaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhamavahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damavy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damoba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Damawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis