Damster Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Damster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1591:340,74031,565
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Belgium281:410,59442,948
England61:9,286,343223,652
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Damster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Damster is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Damster? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,070,546th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Damster reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 340,740. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 61 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent reside. Not including South Africa it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent reside and Belgium, where 12 percent reside.

Damster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Damster has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Damster Last Name Statistics demography

Damster earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.44% more than the national average, earning R 262,452 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damste9250/
Danster864,480/
Demster86527/
Damsted86241/
Domster8666/
Damstee861/
Damstedt80111/
Daanster807/
Danstere802/
Dhanster801/
Dansterd800/
Damsté7732/
Danste773/
Damsteadt751/
Dansted7150/
Donster7118/
Danstee711/
Dancter711/
Danstir711/
Dansteh711/
Domstead6769/
Danstedt6722/
Danstead676/
D'Anstee671/
Damstädt671/
Domstedt671/
Dannstedt6322/
Dhamshtti631/
Dannstead630/
Domsta6225/
Dansta621/
Donsted5718/
Donsteh571/
Doumsta571/
Donstead534/
Domstaya531/
Dhanshti531/
Dohnsted531/
Donstedt530/
Deinsted530/
Donnstedt501/

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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 Damster
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