Debam Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Debam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 213 | 1:831,656 | 36,746 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Debam (95) may also be a first name.
Debam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Debam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Debam occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Debam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Debam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,108,016th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Debam are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 95 people.
Debam is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 831,656. In Nigeria Debam is primarily found in: Benue, where 89 percent reside, Kaduna, where 5 percent reside and Ondo, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Debam
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