Damians Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Damians Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damians Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1131:587,81278,453
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Damians (18) may also be a first name.

Damians Last Name Facts

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

Damians (Arabic: داميانس) is most common in France. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Damians? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,222,957th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Damians are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Damians is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 18 people.

Damians is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 587,812. In France it is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 90 percent reside, Occitanie, where 8 percent reside and Grand Est, where 1 percent reside. Other than France Damians occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.

Damians Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Damians has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Damians last name decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damiaans9361/
Damianse9319/
Dammiaans8812/
Demians868/
Damions861/
Damiance8040/
Damiães714/
Demianz713/
Demmions670/
Doumiandje595/

Damians Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damians in the Arabic language
داميانسdamyans-

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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 Damians
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