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 in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damous? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 334,403rd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,601,038 people. The surname Damous occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Damous reside; 36 percent reside in North Africa and 36 percent reside in Mahgreb. Damous is also the 1,350,955th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 54 people.
The surname Damous is most commonly occurring in Jordan, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 24,979. In Jordan Damous is mostly found in: Amman Governorate, where 53 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 25 percent live and Aqaba Governorate, where 14 percent live. Other than Jordan this surname exists 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 over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Damous surname grew 657 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Damous Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding 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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