Damous Surname
Approximately 1,104 people bear this surname
Damous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 354 | 1:24,979 | 3,393 |
| Algeria | 226 | 1:170,936 | 21,341 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Brazil | 125 | 1:1,712,595 | 55,994 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Damous (54) may also be a first name.
Damous Demographics
Damous Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Damous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damous Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damous (Arabic: دعموس) is found most in Jordan. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Damous.
How Common Is The Last Name Damous? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 334,403rd most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 6,601,038 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Damous live; 36 percent live in North Africa and 36 percent live in Mahgreb. Damous is also the 1,350,955th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 54 people.
The surname Damous is most widespread in Jordan, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 24,979. In Jordan it is mostly concentrated in: Amman Governorate, where 53 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 25 percent live and Aqaba Governorate, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Jordan Damous occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 20 percent live and Morocco, where 15 percent live.
Damous Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Damous has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 657 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Damous Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Greek Orthodox (60%) in Lebanon.
The amount Damous earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 59.7% less than the national average, earning R 95,772 per year and in United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,297 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Damous Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damous in the Arabic language | ||
| دعموس | dmws | - |
| داموس | damws | - |
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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 Damous
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