Gamaleu Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Gamaleu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gamaleu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamaleu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gamaleu is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamaleu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gamaleu is the 2,555,468th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gamaleu are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 69 percent are found, Centre Region, where 30 percent are found and West Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Gamaleu occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in China, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gamaleu
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