Damba Surname
Approximately 37,595 people bear this surname
Damba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 5,426 | 1:2,181 | 152 |
| Mongolia | 3,949 | 1:715 | 122 |
| Uganda | 3,350 | 1:11,654 | 1,938 |
| Congo | 3,330 | 1:1,498 | 236 |
| Mali | 3,033 | 1:5,595 | 357 |
| Ghana | 2,563 | 1:10,543 | 1,407 |
| Cameroon | 2,537 | 1:8,186 | 1,064 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,150 | 1:7,181 | 808 |
| Senegal | 1,963 | 1:7,427 | 330 |
| South Africa | 1,372 | 1:39,488 | 5,078 |
| Malawi | 1,124 | 1:15,231 | 2,380 |
| DR Congo | 958 | 1:77,119 | 8,957 |
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| India | 745 | 1:1,029,618 | 43,108 |
| Russia | 645 | 1:223,447 | 24,147 |
| Nigeria | 523 | 1:338,705 | 18,408 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Mauritania | 387 | 1:10,581 | 1,088 |
| Papua New Guinea | 316 | 1:25,803 | 2,856 |
| Niger | 298 | 1:64,403 | 2,976 |
| France | 230 | 1:288,794 | 44,266 |
| Algeria | 195 | 1:198,111 | 23,590 |
| Philippines | 189 | 1:535,652 | 61,128 |
| Indonesia | 185 | 1:714,861 | 55,312 |
| Burkina Faso | 177 | 1:103,684 | 3,196 |
| Botswana | 116 | 1:18,853 | 3,768 |
| Tanzania | 107 | 1:494,781 | 33,101 |
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| Ivory Coast | 61 | 1:378,217 | 13,194 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Damba (16,959) may also be a first name.
Damba Demographics
Average Damba Salary in
United States
$37,980 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Damba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damba (Bengali: দম্বা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺐ, Hindi: दम्बा, Marathi: दमबा, Oriya: ଡ, Russian: Дамба) is more commonly found in Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,820th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 193,843 people. Damba occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Damba live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 23 percent live in Mande Africa. Damba is also the 42,605th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 16,959 people.
It is most prevalent in Guinea, where it is held by 5,426 people, or 1 in 2,181. In Guinea it is most frequent in: Boké Region, where 53 percent live, Conakry Region, where 21 percent live and Kindia Region, where 21 percent live. Excluding Guinea this last name exists in 70 countries. It is also common in Mongolia, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 9 percent live.
Damba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Damba surname is predominantly Buddhist (84%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Damba last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Damba earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 21.29% less than the national average, earning 272,416 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.66% less than the national average, earning R 157,656 per year; in United States they earn 11.98% less than the national average, earning $37,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.43% less than the national average, earning $38,042 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Damba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damba in the Bengali language | ||
| দম্বা | damba | - |
| Damba in the Hindi language | ||
| दम्बा | damba | 81.58 |
| डम्बा | damba | 7.89 |
| डंबा | damba | 5.26 |
| दमबा | damaba | 2.63 |
| दाम्बा | damba | 2.63 |
| Damba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻣﺐ | dmb | 72 |
| ﺩﻣﺒﻪ | dmbh | 20.67 |
| ﺩﻣﺒﺎ | dmba | 6 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺒﺎ | damba | 0.67 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺐ | damb | 0.67 |
| Damba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡ | da | 60.62 |
| ଡା | da | 8.05 |
| ଡକ଼୍ | daq | 5.82 |
| ଶବର | sabara | 4.79 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 3.08 |
| ଦାସ | dasa | 2.91 |
| ନାୟକ | nayaka | 2.74 |
| ଗମା | gama | 1.37 |
| ଓରାମ | orama | 0.86 |
| ଡମ | dama | 0.34 |
| ଡଂବ | damba | 0.34 |
| ଡମୁ | damu | 0.34 |
| ରାମ | rama | 0.17 |
| ବାଗ | baga | 0.17 |
| ବଳ | bala | 0.17 |
| ପମିଳା | pamila | 0.17 |
| ଭାମା | bhama | 0.17 |
| ଯାମନ | yamana | 0.17 |
| ଅମିତା | amita | 0.17 |
| ବଡ | bada | 0.17 |
| କମଳା | kamala | 0.17 |
| Damba in the Marathi language | ||
| दमबा | damaba | 33.33 |
| दंबा | damba | 33.33 |
| डंबा | damba | 33.33 |
| Damba in the Russian language | ||
| Дамба | damba | - |
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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 Damba
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