Damfa Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Damfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Damfa (115) may also be a first name.
Damfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damfa (Hindi: डम्फा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damfa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Damfa occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Damfa live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damfa is also the 873,022nd most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 115 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 56 percent live, Bayelsa, where 11 percent live and Kaduna, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 31 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damfai | 91 | 4 | / |
| Damfay | 91 | 1 | / |
| Damfah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Danfa | 80 | 9,318 | / |
| Domfa | 80 | 88 | / |
| Damfo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Damfi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Damfe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Demfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Damfy | 80 | 0 | / |
| Dampha | 73 | 8,083 | / |
| Damfeu | 73 | 42 | / |
| Domfat | 73 | 8 | / |
| Danffa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Damfot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Damfiy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Deumfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Deanfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dhamfahai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Danfaha | 67 | 9 | / |
| Damphat | 67 | 5 | / |
| Damphad | 67 | 3 | / |
| Danfash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dampfer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damphai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhanfaj | 67 | 1 | / |
Damfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damfa in the Hindi language | ||
| डम्फा | dampha | 66.67 |
| दम्फा | dampha | 33.33 |
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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 Damfa
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