Gaambe Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Gaambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gaambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaambe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaambe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaambe is the 2,909,720th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaambe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria Gaambe is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 98 percent live and Taraba, where 2 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent live.
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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 Gaambe
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