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 last name Gahama (Hindi: गाहमा, Oriya: ଗହମା) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahama? popularity and diffusion
Gahama is the 876,631st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. Gahama is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gahama are found; 61 percent are found in North Africa and 59 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 560,146th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 253 people.
This surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Aside from Egypt this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
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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