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Damon Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the personal name Damon, from
a classical Greek name, a derivative of daman ‘to
kill’. Compare Damian.Respelling of the French surname
D’Amont, a topographic name, with the preposition d(e)
denoting someone who lived à mont ‘uphill’, i.e. on high
ground above a village or settlement.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Damon Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Damon families
 178 - 354  60 - 177 |
 1 - 59  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Damon families
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52 - 102 18 - 51 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Damon families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Damon Family Origin
Damon Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Damon
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Damon Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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