Gamasa Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
Gamasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 259 | 1:204,408 | 17,375 |
| Philippines | 112 | 1:903,913 | 81,715 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Gamasa (67) may also be a first name.
Gamasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamasa (Hindi: गमसा, Oriya: ଗାମସା, Russian: Гамаса) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 664,903rd most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Gamasa live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 67 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 204,408. In Tanzania it is most common in: Manyara Region, where 91 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamasa in the Hindi language | ||
| गमसा | gamasa | - |
| Gamasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାମସା | gamasa | - |
| Gamasa in the Russian language | ||
| Гамаса | gamasa | - |
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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 Gamasa
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