Damchu Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Damchu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damchu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1371:515,60889,652
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Damchu (113) may also be a first name.

Damchu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Damchu (Tibetan: དམ་ཆོས་) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damchu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,504,764th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Damchu live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Tai-Asia. Damchu is also the 881,625th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 113 people.

The surname is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 515,608. In Thailand Damchu is mostly found in: Phatthalung Province, where 28 percent reside, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 26 percent reside and Songkhla Province, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Thailand it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damchuu9232/
Damchut924/
Damcheu921/
Damhu911/
Damtchou8653/
Damchouy863/
Damtcheu861/
Damhus83140/
Danchu8335/
Demchu839/
Damciu832/
Damhuis771,795/
Damchoo77139/
Damhaut7761/
Danchus7735/
Dancheu7714/
Damchoe7714/
Danschu7713/
Domcheu773/
Danchou772/
Danchau772/
Danchut771/
Domchus771/
Demchuh771/
Damhaus770/
Dancu731,661/
Damsu7325/
Domhu734/
Danchaud71178/
Dhamchoe716/
Domtcheu713/
Danchaut711/
Danchaus711/
Deamhuis711/
Damsou671,197/
Dhamju67219/
Damsut67143/
Donchu67136/
Damsud6740/
Deancu6730/
Damsus6715/
Damjud675/
Dancou675/
Danshu673/
Danzhu672/
Damnsu671/
Dhomhu671/
Domhou671/
Danscu671/
Danjhu671/
Damsau671/
Damsuh671/
Doumtchou671/
Damzau671/

Damchu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damchu in the Tibetan language
དམ་ཆོས་damchö52.94
དམ་ཆུ་damchu19.12
དམ་ཆོས།damchö11.76
དམ་ཆུ།damchu10.29
དམ་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་མཚན།damchögyaltsen1.47
དོམ་ཅུང་།domchung1.47
དོམ་ཅུ།domchu1.47
དམས་ཆོགས།méchok1.47

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Damchu
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