Damissia Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Damissia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damissia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1241:167,49217,964
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Damissia (1,267) may also be a first name.

Damissia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damissia is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damissia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damissia reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Damissia is also the 221,694th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 1,267 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 167,492. In Cameroon Damissia is most common in: Far North Region, where 87 percent reside, North Region, where 11 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Damissia occurs in one country. It is also found in Chad, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dammissia941/
Damisia933/
Domissia881/
Domissias821/
Demisia805/
Damesia801/
Demessia752/
Dameshia751/
Daumusia751/
Domiscia751/
Demishia750/
Damoiseau711,314/
Domessias712/
D'Amichia711/
Demesia6722/
Domesia679/
Damesya679/
Demessio631/
Demoiseau5910/
Domishyaa591/
Damechya506/

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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 Damissia
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