Damoye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Damoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Damoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Damoye occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Damoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damoye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Damoye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Damoye is most common in: Lagos, where 40 percent live, Edo, where 20 percent live and Ogun, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 13 percent live.
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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 Damoye
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