Damons Surname

57,511th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Damons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8,6361:6,273804
United States881:4,118,852221,730
England371:1,505,89364,828
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Damons (12) may also be a first name.

Damons Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damons occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Damons.

How Common Is The Last Name Damons? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 57,511th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 827,754 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Damons live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname Damons is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 8,636 people, or 1 in 6,273. In South Africa Damons is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 53 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 24 percent are found and Gauteng, where 13 percent are found. Not including South Africa it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Damons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Damons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Damons surname expanded 463 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 617 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Damons Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Damons last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Damons earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.29% less than the national average, earning R 184,668 per year and in United States they earn 7.97% more than the national average, earning $46,586 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damonse921,255/
Dammons9271/
Deamons9268/
Damoens925/
Daimons924/
Daamons921/
Damoons921/
Dasmons921/
Daumons920/
Daumoins862/
Daimmons860/
Demons83436/
Damans83379/
Domons832/
Damoms831/
Démons831/
Damuns831/
Demmons77805/
Damonze77208/
Dammans77144/
Damaans776/
Damanse776/
Demoins771/
Deymons771/
Dhamanse71429/
Dhamunse7149/
Daumoinx7116/
Damonche714/
Deemmons712/
Demans6742/
Domans679/
Dhamunshe677/
Demonz672/
Demáns671/
Damoundje671/
Damotenze671/
Domonz671/

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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 Damons
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