Gahame Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Gahame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Gahame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahame (Marathi: गहामे) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Gahame reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The last name Gahame is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 564,471. In Niger it is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 50 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 47 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gahame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gahame in the Marathi language | ||
| गहामे | gahame | - |
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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 Gahame
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