Damu Surname
Approximately 5,092 people bear this surname
Damu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,927 | 1:398,062 | 21,095 |
| Nigeria | 829 | 1:213,682 | 12,691 |
| Indonesia | 722 | 1:183,171 | 17,622 |
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| Zimbabwe | 257 | 1:60,071 | 9,075 |
| Malaysia | 246 | 1:119,895 | 7,908 |
| Papua New Guinea | 209 | 1:39,013 | 4,711 |
| Italy | 164 | 1:372,907 | 43,105 |
| Hungary | 93 | 1:105,551 | 10,142 |
| Solomon Islands | 50 | 1:11,601 | 2,083 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Romania | 39 | 1:514,817 | 39,172 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Czechia | 25 | 1:425,339 | 47,625 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Damu (42,582) may also be a first name.
Damu Demographics
Average Damu Salary in
United States
$59,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Damu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Damu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Damu (Bengali: দামু, Hindi: दामु, Marathi: दामू, Oriya: ଡମୁ, Russian: Даму, Tibetan: དམ་མུ་) is found most in India. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Damu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 93,657th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,431,176 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Damu live; 38 percent live in South Asia and 38 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Damu is also the 21,113th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 42,582 people.
Damu is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 1,927 people, or 1 in 398,062. In India Damu is most frequent in: Manipur, where 25 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 19 percent reside. Not including India this surname exists in 49 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Damu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Damu has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Damu last name grew 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Damu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Damu surname is principally Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Damu last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.
The amount Damu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 55.09% less than the national average, earning €13,486 per year and in United States they earn 36.74% more than the national average, earning $59,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Damu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དམ་མུ་ | dammu | - |
| Damu in the Bengali language | ||
| দামু | damu | - |
| Damu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡମୁ | damu | 77.61 |
| ଦାମୁ | damu | 17.33 |
| ଡମୂ | damu | 1.32 |
| ଡ଼ମୁ | ramu | 1.04 |
| ଦମୁ | damu | 0.38 |
| ଦାମୂ | damu | 0.28 |
| ଡାମୁ | damu | 0.05 |
| ଢମୁ | dhamu | 0.03 |
| ଦାସୁ | dasu | 0.03 |
| ଦାମୁଁ | damum | 0.03 |
| ଡରୁ | daru | 0.03 |
| ଡମ | dama | 0.03 |
| ଡ଼ମୂ | ramu | 0.03 |
| Damu in the Marathi language | ||
| दामू | damu | 58.57 |
| दामु | damu | 41.22 |
| दमु | damu | 0.07 |
| दमू | damu | 0.06 |
| दामा | dama | 0.03 |
| डामू | damu | 0.01 |
| डामु | damu | 0.01 |
| ढामु | dhamu | 0 |
| धमू | dhamu | 0 |
| दामुु | damuu | 0 |
| ढामू | dhamu | 0 |
| ़दामु | damu | 0 |
| दामू़ | damu | 0 |
| दामूू | damuu | 0 |
| दामुू | damuu | 0 |
| दामूु | damuu | 0 |
| डमु | damu | 0 |
| दामु़ | damu | 0 |
| दाम | dama | 0 |
| Damu in the Hindi language | ||
| दामु | damu | 44.8 |
| दमू | damu | 18.68 |
| दामू | damu | 17.2 |
| दमु | damu | 14.44 |
| डमू | damu | 2.12 |
| डामू | damu | 1.06 |
| डामु | damu | 0.85 |
| डमु | damu | 0.64 |
| Damu in the Russian language | ||
| Даму | damu | - |
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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 Damu
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