Damishi Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Damishi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damishi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1151:1,540,37258,295
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Damishi (36) may also be a first name.

Damishi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damishi is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Damishi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Damishi is the 1,691,963rd most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Damishi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damishi is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 36 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria Damishi is most numerous in: Plateau, where 54 percent reside, Kaduna, where 20 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 19 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Damishi is found in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Damishi
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