Damena Surname

41,181st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Damena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia12,5561:7,7691,207
Papua New Guinea611:133,66718,337
Ivory Coast221:1,048,69225,281
India171:45,121,493474,784
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
England11:55,718,059489,080
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Belize11:355,4743,977
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Daména (1) are calculated separately.

Damena (36,795) may also be a first name.

Damena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Damena (Hindi: दामेना, Oriya: ଡେମନ) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may appear in the variant forms: Daména. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 41,181st most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 573,823 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Damena live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Damena is also the 23,788th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 36,795 people.

The surname Damena is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 12,556 people, or 1 in 7,769. Without taking into account Ethiopia it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.

Damena Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Damena surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Damena earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.08% less than the national average, earning $21,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daména941/
Dameena928/
Dhamena926/
Dammena925/
Daymena924/
Dasmena923/
Dameana922/
Dahmena922/
Daumena921/
Deamena921/
Dağmenas8643/
Dhameena861/
Daimenah861/
Damengau861/
Damenach861/
Damene838,620/
Damina837,978/
Demena835,465/
Damana834,988/
Dameni833,888/
Dameno83393/
Domena83287/
Damona8375/
Damyna837/
Dameny831/
Damenh830/
Daminay77644/
Dhamene77135/
Damanay7781/
Dahmene7778/
Damenet7778/
Dhamina7753/
Daminah7748/
Damenie7748/
Damenou7746/
Damegni7745/
Dammene7741/
Damenez7730/
Damenid7723/
Dammana7722/
Demenay7721/
Daamina7718/
Dhamana7718/
Damengo7717/
Dahmeni7716/
Damanna7716/
Dahmana7713/
Damaina7713/
Daimana7711/
Damiene778/
Damisna776/
Damanai776/
Damanau775/
Damonay775/
Damgeni775/
Daminga774/
Dasmina774/
Daimona774/
Damuina774/
Daïmina774/
Deemena773/
Damaana773/
Damenei773/
Damenge773/
Domenga773/
Daminai772/
Daimina772/
Damenyi772/
Damynas772/
Doumena772/
Dameneh772/
Dammina772/
Dommena771/
Demeina771/
Demoena771/
Daumana771/
Daumene771/
Damiona771/
Domenas771/
Domenea771/
De'mena771/
Deamana771/
Deamona771/
Daminaa771/
Daminaz771/
Daamana771/
Deamina771/
Damenes770/
Dahmenhaus7518/
Damenech7111,591/
Domenach71212/
Damminga7189/
Dammanna7136/
Dhamanna7131/
Daamaana7111/
Dahminah719/
Dhamanay719/
Demehina717/
Dhammana714/
Daimanna714/
Domenais713/
Dahmenou713/
Daminaya712/
Dhaimana712/
Dhaminay712/
Dommeena711/
Dhamanai711/
Damenych711/
Damesner711/
Deamenee711/
Dahamana711/
Domehina711/
Dahmonah711/
Damegnou711/
Damaigna711/
Dousmena711/
Damenesh711/
Dahmanai711/
Demina6719,458/
Damini679,320/
Domina676,670/
Domene674,476/
Demyna674,233/
Demana671,365/
Domeni67544/
Damino67522/
Domana67389/
Demona67327/
Damine67311/
Domyna67291/
Domona67259/
Domeny67225/
Domeno6762/
Dómina6715/
Domené6711/
Domený6711/
Dhamoinay679/
Dhammanna677/
Dhamuinay677/
Daminy676/
Dhamainay674/
Domeña673/
Dhaminaya672/
Dòmina672/
Domená672/
Domeneach671/
Uandameno671/
Domenè671/
Dómene671/
Dömina671/

Damena Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damena in the Hindi language
दामेनाdamena-
Damena in the Oriya language
ଡେମନdemana79.17
ଡେମନାdemana8.33
ଦାେମନାdaemana4.17
ଡେମଣାdemana4.17
କମେଳkamela4.17

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