Gallima Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Gallima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| Niger | 104 | 1:184,539 | 6,420 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Gallima (168) may also be a first name.
Gallima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gallima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gallima is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gallima.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallima? popularity and diffusion
It is the 926,175th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gallima reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 705,855th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 168 people.
The last name Gallima is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Jigawa, where 73 percent are found, Yobe, where 26 percent are found and Borno, where 1 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 36 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gallima
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