Gamabe Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Gamabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Gamabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gamabe is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamabe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gamabe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 246,086. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 81 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 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 Gamabe
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