Gamah Surname
Approximately 2,053 people bear this surname
Gamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,202 | 1:14,242 | 2,234 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Ivory Coast | 98 | 1:235,421 | 9,552 |
| Liberia | 68 | 1:64,831 | 5,610 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Gamah (164) may also be a first name.
Gamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamah (Arabic: غاميه, Hindi: गामह) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 202,789th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,549,706 people. Gamah is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gamah reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 715,247th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 164 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,202 people, or 1 in 14,242. Other than Malawi it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 30 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamah in the Hindi language | ||
| गामह | gamaha | - |
| Gamah in the Arabic language | ||
| غاميه | ghamyh | - |
| غيمه | ghymh | - |
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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
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- 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 Gamah
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