Damessa Surname

266,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Damessa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damessa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,4491:67,3206,648
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Damessa (2,896) may also be a first name.

Damessa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damessa is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Damessa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Damessa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 266,135th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,960,889 people. The surname Damessa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Damessa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 135,011th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 2,896 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Outside of Ethiopia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Finland, where 0 percent reside.

Damessa Last Name Statistics demography

Damessa earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.19% less than the national average, earning $25,375 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Damessa
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