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
The surname Gallima is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gallima is the 926,175th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gallima are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 705,855th most prevalent forename globally It is held by 168 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Jigawa, where 73 percent are found, Yobe, where 26 percent are found and Borno, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Gallima is found 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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