Gahama Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Gahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gahama (253) may also be a first name.
Gahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahama (Hindi: गाहमा, Oriya: ଗହମା) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gahama is the 876,631st most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gahama reside; 61 percent reside in North Africa and 59 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Gahama is also the 560,146th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 253 people.
This surname is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Other than Egypt it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gahama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gahama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗହମା | gahama | 87.5 |
| େଗାମହା | egamaha | 6.25 |
| ଗହା | gaha | 6.25 |
| Gahama in the Hindi language | ||
| गाहमा | gahama | 50 |
| गहमा | gahama | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Gahama
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