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 surname Gamah (Arabic: غاميه, Hindi: गामह) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamah? popularity and diffusion
Gamah is the 202,789th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,549,706 people. The surname Gamah occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gamah live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gamah is also the 715,247th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 164 people.
Gamah is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,202 people, or 1 in 14,242. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 30 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent reside.
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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