Gamaha Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Gamaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 347 | 1:152,569 | 13,814 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gamaha (109) may also be a first name.
Gamaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamaha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺎﻩ, Oriya: ଗମହା) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamaha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 804,502nd most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gamaha reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gamaha is also the 900,062nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 109 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 152,569. In Tanzania Gamaha is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 92 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 3 percent reside and Manyara Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Gamaha is found in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamaha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺎﻩ | kmah | - |
| Gamaha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗମହା | gamaha | 87.5 |
| ଗହା | gaha | 12.5 |
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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 Gamaha
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