Dampai Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Dampai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Dampai (35) may also be a first name.
Dampai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dampai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dampai occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dampai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Dampai is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dampai reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Dampai is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Dampai
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