Damptey Surname

101,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,657 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Damptey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damptey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4,5721:5,910817
United States431:8,429,278367,833
England311:1,797,35772,927
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Damptey (396) may also be a first name.

Damptey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Damptey is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damptey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 101,360th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,564,858 people. The last name Damptey occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Damptey are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 434,130th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 396 people.

It is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 4,572 people, or 1 in 5,910. Besides Ghana this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Damptey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Damptey last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Damptey earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.43% less than the national average, earning $39,079 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dampte922/
Domptey8613/
Demptey862/
Dampter861/
Domptue713/
Domptet711/
Dompta6280/
Dempta6248/
Danpti621/
Dempti621/

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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 Damptey
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