Damissi Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Damissi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Damissi (26) may also be a first name.
Damissi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damissi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Damissi is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damissi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Damissi is the 2,530,696th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Damissi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damissi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 26 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 229,680. In Benin it is primarily found in: Alibori Department, where 87 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 7 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Damissi
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