Gaidam Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Gaidam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 305 | 1:580,796 | 28,045 |
| Niger | 71 | 1:270,310 | 8,391 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gaïdam (1) are calculated separately.
Gaidam (237) may also be a first name.
Gaidam Demographics
Gaidam Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gaidam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaidam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaidam (Marathi: गैडाम) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms: Gaïdam. For other potential spellings of Gaidam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaidam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaidam is the 680,882nd most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,676,306 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gaidam are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gaidam is also the 581,650th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 237 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 580,796. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 34 percent are found, Borno, where 32 percent are found and Bauchi, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Gaidam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaidam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaidam in the Marathi language | ||
| गैडाम | gaidama | 66.67 |
| गेडाम | gedama | 16.67 |
| गइडम | ga'idama | 16.67 |
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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 Gaidam
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