Gamagai Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Gamagai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 263 | 1:78,970 | 9,696 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
Gamagai (414) may also be a first name.
Gamagai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamagai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamagai is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Gamagai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamagai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gamagai is the 956,400th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gamagai are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 422,632nd most widely held forename globally, borne by 414 people.
The surname Gamagai is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 78,970. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 65 percent reside, Centre Region, where 24 percent reside and North Region, where 10 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Gamagai
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