Dampney Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dampney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dampney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England841:663,31038,317
Australia541:499,92037,885
New Zealand371:122,38715,192
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dampney Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dampney is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dampney? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,206,588th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name Dampney is primarily found in Europe, where 53 percent of Dampney live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 663,310. In England it is mostly found in: Dorset, where 38 percent are found, Hampshire, where 12 percent are found and Essex, where 10 percent are found. Apart from England Dampney is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 28 percent are found and New Zealand, where 19 percent are found.

Dampney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dampney has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dampney last name rose 227 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
D'Ampney933/
Dampne9299/
Dempney860/
Dabney7710,032/
Davney7719/
Daubney711,857/
Deavney711/
Daabney711/
Daybney711/
Dabneye710/
Danphne710/
Davne672,495/
Dabne6730/
D'Aubney6724/
Dabny6710/
Davny677/
Danphnee671/
Daubneys670/
Dabenney670/

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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 Dampney
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