Damstra Surname

280,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Damstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands9531:17,7202,752
United States2691:1,347,43193,736
South Africa781:694,58649,962
Canada381:969,62173,252
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Malta11:430,2723,380
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Guam11:160,1214,893
England11:55,718,059489,080
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Damstra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Damstra is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damstra? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 280,464th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 5,292,335 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Damstra reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 953 people, or 1 in 17,720. In The Netherlands Damstra is most numerous in: Friesland, where 42 percent live, North Holland, where 12 percent live and Groningen, where 10 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Damstra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Damstra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Damstra last name rose 6,725 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Damstra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Damstra are 29.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.79% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Damstra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 89.23% more than the national average, earning 654,875 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.68% more than the national average, earning R 255,900 per year; in United States they earn 16.59% more than the national average, earning $50,308 USD per year and in Canada they earn 65.07% more than the national average, earning $82,010 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damsstra931/
Danstra862/
Duimstra80335/
Danstrat800/
Dounstra670/
Domstroy670/
Domstrey670/
Domstrich6312/
Dohmstreich5614/
Deinstrop502/

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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 Damstra
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