Damuna Surname

472,684th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Damuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Damuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6691:264,78715,152
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Damuna (1,024) may also be a first name.

Damuna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Damuna (Marathi: डामुना, Oriya: ଡମୁନା) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Damuna? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 472,684th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 10,278,626 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Damuna live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Damuna is also the 250,845th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 1,024 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 669 people, or 1 in 264,787. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 27 percent live, Bauchi, where 17 percent live and Gombe, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Damuna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (58%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Damouna92119/
Daemuna9221/
Dammuna925/
Damuina924/
Daimuna922/
Damunga921/
Damauna921/
Dhamuna921/
Damunass861/
Dammunga861/
Damuni83204/
Damona8375/
Demuna8349/
Damune8314/
Domuna837/
Damuno831/
Dhamuinay807/
Dammunach800/
Daminay77644/
Damouni77409/
Damoune77222/
Dhamune77133/
Damouny7750/
Daminah7748/
Dammuni7746/
Demauna7734/
Dasmuni777/
Damonay775/
Daimona774/
Dhamuni774/
Daminai772/
Daimuno771/
Damunni771/
Dammune771/
Deamona771/
Damgune771/
Damouno771/
Daminaa771/
Damuniy771/
Demouna771/
Dahmoune712,729/
Dahmouni712,454/
Dammouni71155/
Dammunee7146/
Dhamuniy7127/
Dahminah719/
Demuhina716/
Daimoune712/
Dhamunes712/
Dhaminay712/
Damouneh711/
Dhamauni711/
Dahamune711/
Dahmonah711/
Doumouna711/
Damone671,070/
Damony67365/
Domona67259/
Domuno6745/
Demuno6723/
Domuni677/
Doumousna671/
Doumougna671/

Damuna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Damuna in the Marathi language
डामुनाdamuna-
Damuna in the Oriya language
ଡମୁନାdamuna61.9
ଡମୁଣାdamuna33.33
ଦାମୁନାdamuna4.76

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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
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  • 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 Damuna
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