Damsou Surname
Approximately 1,197 people bear this surname
Damsou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 808 | 1:25,704 | 3,502 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Damsou (1,038) may also be a first name.
Damsou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damsou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Damsou is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Damsou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Damsou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 313,815th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,088,175 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Damsou live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 248,913th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 1,038 people.
The last name Damsou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 808 people, or 1 in 25,704. In Cameroon Damsou is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 69 percent are found, North Region, where 18 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Damsou occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 32 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Damsou
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