# Daman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/daman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 659 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,390 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 468,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.8% (664 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dəˈmɑːn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

*The place name is from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). *The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Daman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Daman in Belgium.

## People named Daman

- Jos Daman, Belgian archer

## Similar surnames

Damon, Damian, Doman, Damiano, Damiani, Dammann, Dahmen, Damman, Dunham, Denham, Denman, Dineen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.