Dambaba Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Dambaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dambaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3801:466,16523,604
Benin1931:53,5526,715
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Dambaba (156) may also be a first name.

Dambaba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dambaba is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dambaba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 549,140th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 12,521,557 people. The surname Dambaba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dambaba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 735,679th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 156 people.

The surname Dambaba is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 380 people, or 1 in 466,165. In Nigeria Dambaba is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 19 percent live, Kaduna, where 15 percent live and Zamfara, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Dambaba occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 33 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dambabat931/
Danbaba8613,173/
Dembaba8640/
Dambawa8627/
Dambabi865/
Damboba864/
Dambabo861/
Dambabe861/
Dambawua804/
Danbabad801/
Dannbaba801/
Dasnbaba801/
Dambhaibhai781/
Danbaibai755/
Danbahaba751/
Danbawa71585/
Dambova7199/
Danbabi7137/
Dambowa7115/
Demboba718/
Danbabo717/
Danbabe712/
Dombabe712/
Dembeba712/
Dambobo711/
Damvabi711/
Danbaïbe67481/
Danbaiwa6745/
Danbaibe6733/
Danbaawa678/
Dombabeh672/
Danbaybe671/
Doumbabe671/
Dambowah671/
Dambouwa671/
Damboube671/
Danbawaa671/

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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 Dambaba
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