Damissah Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Damissah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 151 | 1:1,173,131 | 47,714 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Damissah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damissah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Damissah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damissah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Damissah is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Damissah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Damissah is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 1,173,131. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 17 percent live, Kogi, where 17 percent live and Plateau, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Damissah is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damisah | 93 | 293 | / |
| Damissa | 93 | 252 | / |
| Dhamisah | 88 | 13 | / |
| Damoisah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Damisa | 86 | 4,527 | / |
| Dhamaisah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Damessa | 80 | 1,469 | / |
| Damisay | 80 | 381 | / |
| Demissa | 80 | 28 | / |
| Damusah | 80 | 18 | / |
| Damaisa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Daamisa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Damisia | 80 | 3 | / |
| Damisoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dhamisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Deamisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Damisha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Damoisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Daumisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dammisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Domissa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Damisso | 80 | 1 | / |
| Damitsa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Damoisseau | 78 | 1 | / |
| Demaissa | 75 | 14 | / |
| Damissou | 75 | 14 | / |
| Doumissa | 75 | 13 | / |
| Demissay | 75 | 3 | / |
| Domaissa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Damessai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Damoisau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Damiza | 71 | 953 | / |
| Damusa | 71 | 858 | / |
| Damiso | 71 | 629 | / |
| Demisa | 71 | 88 | / |
| Dhameisay | 71 | 82 | / |
| Damesa | 71 | 64 | / |
| Doumaissa | 71 | 34 | / |
| Damoisaux | 71 | 12 | / |
| Domisa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Damixa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Dhamoisay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Demmaissa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dasmeshah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damiseaux | 71 | 1 | / |
| Damaissou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Demessa | 67 | 2,787 | / |
| Damicha | 67 | 256 | / |
| Dommisa | 67 | 48 | / |
| Dhamiso | 67 | 27 | / |
| Demisay | 67 | 14 | / |
| Damizai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Demisai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Damesha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Daimiza | 67 | 5 | / |
| Demisha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Damusha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dhamiza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Damesia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damesas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Domisas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Demisau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damecia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dammusa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damisou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Demisso | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Damissah
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