da Gama Surname

15,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,687 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Angola

da Gama Surname Definition:

“Fallow Deer” in Portuguese. Probably from Coat of Arms.

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da Gama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil18,9471:11,299643
Angola16,3671:1,649296
South Africa4651:116,51113,897
Portugal2171:48,0102,732
India1631:4,705,923120,533
Venezuela1351:223,7345,799
England741:752,94741,527
Australia501:539,91440,287
France431:1,544,714145,815
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Ecuador191:837,15013,424
Denmark151:376,31425,792
São Tomé and Príncipe151:11,828740
Italy141:4,368,335106,343
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Cape Verde111:48,1491,796
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
China31:455,773,85521,925
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
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da Gama Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Fallow Deer” in Portuguese. Probably from Coat of Arms.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

Meaning unknown. The first written record of the surname Gama dates back to 13th-century Portugal, when the knight Álvaro Annes de Gama served King Afonso III in the conquest of Algarve.

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da Gama Demographics

Average da Gama Salary in
Canada

$68,410 CAD

Per year
Rank:
22,140 of 236,188
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
7.54662E-5
Rank: 104,607 of 236,189
Percentage of national average salary:
137.69%
Sample size: 6 (2014)

Average Salary in
Canada

$49,683 CAD

Per year
Per month:
$4,140 CAD
Per week:
$920 CAD
Per day:
$136 CAD

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da Gama Last Name Facts

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

The last name da Gama (Marathi: दगामा) is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Gama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 15,186th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 198,641 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of da Gama live; 52 percent live in South America and 52 percent live in Luso-South America.

This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 18,947 people, or 1 in 11,299. In Brazil da Gama is most prevalent in: Bahia, where 18 percent live, São Paulo, where 13 percent live and Pará, where 12 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 45 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

da Gama Last Name Statistics demography

The amount da Gama earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 21% more than the national average, earning R 287,532 per year and in Canada they earn 37.69% more than the national average, earning $68,410 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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de Goma71236/
de Amat71125/
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da Gama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
da Gama in the Marathi language
दगामाdagama50
डागामाdagama25
दागामाdagama25

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