Gamala Surname
Approximately 2,041 people bear this surname
Gamala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 663 | 1:269,448 | 5,903 |
| Philippines | 555 | 1:182,411 | 29,317 |
| Yemen | 312 | 1:84,696 | 5,572 |
| Indonesia | 177 | 1:747,171 | 57,374 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| India | 86 | 1:8,919,365 | 180,249 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gamala (10,634) may also be a first name.
Gamala Demographics
Gamala Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Gamala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamala (Hindi: गमला, Marathi: गमाला, Oriya: ଗମଲା, Russian: Гамала, Tibetan: ག་མ་ལ་) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gamala.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 203,812th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,570,576 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Gamala live; 37 percent live in South Asia and 32 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 58,785th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 10,634 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 663 people, or 1 in 269,448. In Pakistan Gamala is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside. Besides Pakistan this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 27 percent reside and Yemen, where 15 percent reside.
Gamala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (67%) in Ukraine.
Gamala earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.6% less than the national average, earning $41,594 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ག་མ་ལ་ | gamala | - |
| Gamala in the Hindi language | ||
| गमला | gamala | 99.46 |
| गमाला | gamala | 0.36 |
| गामाला | gamala | 0.18 |
| Gamala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗମଲା | gamala | 42.86 |
| ଗମଳା | gamala | 28.57 |
| ଜିଆମଳା | ji'amala | 14.29 |
| ଗମାଲା | gamala | 14.29 |
| Gamala in the Marathi language | ||
| गमाला | gamala | 42.86 |
| गमला | gamala | 28.57 |
| गामला | gamala | 14.29 |
| गमळा | gamala | 14.29 |
| Gamala in the Russian language | ||
| Гамала | gamala | - |
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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 Gamala
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