Damissa Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Damissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 161 | 1:64,196 | 7,878 |
| Niger | 82 | 1:234,049 | 7,581 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Damissa (54) may also be a first name.
Damissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Damissa occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Damissa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,009,375th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damissa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most numerous given name globally, borne by 54 people.
The last name Damissa is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 64,196. In Benin it is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 61 percent live, Atakora Department, where 25 percent live and Alibori Department, where 12 percent live. Apart from Benin Damissa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Damissa
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