Damuan Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Damuan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damuan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1671:1,060,73544,297
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Damuan (11) may also be a first name.

Damuan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damuan occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Damuan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,300,225th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Damuan live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damuan is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 11 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria Damuan is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 96 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dammuan929/
Damuann921/
Damuasen8637/
Datmuang861/
Damouhan861/
Damban83444/
Damwan83267/
Damvan83138/
Damuon836/
Damuam831/
Dambaan7764/
Dambean7756/
Demwuan7712/
Dambain7710/
Deemuan774/
Damboun772/
Dahmban772/
Damvane771/
Dhamban771/
Damwasen711/
Dambon67338/
Damwam672/
Damwon672/
Dãmban671/
Demwan671/
Doumouhand631/
Damwong62168/
Damvong621/
Dâmbean621/
Domwoun621/
Doumvang571/
Damboń50180/
Dombon50166/

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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 Damuan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis