Damballa Surname

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

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Damballa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damballa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Damballa (14) may also be a first name.

Damballa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Damballa (Russian: Дамбалла) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damballa? popularity and diffusion

Damballa is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Damballa occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Damballa live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.

The last name Damballa is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Damballa is mostly found in: Marsabit County, where 67 percent are found, Kitui County, where 17 percent are found and Makueni County, where 17 percent are found. Not including Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Damballa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Damballa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Damballa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damballa in the Russian language
Дамбаллаdamballa-

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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 Damballa
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