Gadama Surname
Approximately 3,054 people bear this surname
Gadama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,928 | 1:5,847 | 834 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gadama (127) may also be a first name.
Gadama Demographics
Average Gadama Salary in
South Africa
R 876,960
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gadama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gadama (Hindi: गादमा, Marathi: गडमा, Oriya: ଗଦମା) occurs most in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gadama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 145,388th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,386,230 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gadama live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gadama is also the 825,494th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 127 people.
The surname Gadama is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 2,928 people, or 1 in 5,847. Beside Malawi this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
Gadama Last Name Statistics demography
Gadama earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 269.03% more than the national average, earning R 876,960 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gadama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gadama in the Marathi language | ||
| गडमा | gadama | - |
| Gadama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଦମା | gadama | 53.85 |
| ଗାଡାମା | gadama | 23.08 |
| ଗଡମା | gadama | 15.38 |
| ଗାଦାମା | gadama | 7.69 |
| Gadama in the Hindi language | ||
| गादमा | gadama | 33.33 |
| गदामा | gadama | 33.33 |
| गदमा | gadama | 33.33 |
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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 Gadama
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