Damiss Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Damiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Damiss (17) may also be a first name.
Damiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damiss occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Damiss? popularity and diffusion
The surname Damiss is the 3,141,416th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damiss live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 548,343. In Niger Damiss is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 97 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Niger this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Damiss
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