Damián Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Hungary

Damián Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damián Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico1041:1,193,52114,459
Hungary211:467,44230,347
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Damian (139,257), Damiàn (5), Dămian (258) & Damían (2) are calculated separately.

Damián (1,517) may also be a first name.

Damián Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damián is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Damian, Damiàn, Dămian or Damían. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damián? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,276,805th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Damián is primarily found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Damián reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Damián is also the 199,374th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 1,517 people.

The last name Damián is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 1,193,521. In Mexico Damián is most frequent in: Mexico City, where 24 percent live, México, where 15 percent live and Guanajuato, where 9 percent live. Barring Mexico it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 12 percent live and Spain, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damian94139,257/
Damiàn945/
Dămian89258/
Damían892/
Damion83729/
Domián8372/
Damján8339/
Damiánová802/
Damiean77394/
Damijan77257/
Damiane7762/
Daimian7721/
Damiand7713/
Daimion7710/
Dahmian7710/
Dhamian776/
Dameion775/
Damiann774/
Damieon774/
Dammian773/
Daymian773/
Damiond773/
Damiant772/
Damihan772/
Deamian772/
Daamian771/
Damiaan771/
Deamion771/
Damioan771/
Damione771/
Dammion771/
Damiong771/
Damiatin7119/
Daimhian718/
Damejian712/
Dhamiaan711/
Damianne711/
Damiaina711/
Damião6734,073/
Domján672,967/
Domian672,441/
Damyan671,603/
Damean67816/
Damjan67375/
Damiam67320/
Domion67148/
Damianova67125/
Dameon6752/
Damianová6725/
Damyon6721/
Dasmiatin6716/
Domiánová6713/
Damgajian675/
Damiom675/
Damjánová671/

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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 Damián
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