Gamate Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Gamate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Gamaté (1) are calculated separately.
Gamate (12) may also be a first name.
Gamate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamate (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺎﻁ, Marathi: गामाते) is most common in India. It can also appear as a variant: Gamaté. Click here for other potential spellings of Gamate.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamate? popularity and diffusion
Gamate is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Gamate reside; 59 percent reside in South Asia and 59 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gamate is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India Gamate is most common in: Maharashtra, where 80 percent are found and Karnataka, where 20 percent are found. Other than India it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamate in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺎﻁ | kmat | - |
| Gamate in the Marathi language | ||
| गामाते | gamate | 55.56 |
| गमटे | gamate | 16.67 |
| गामाटे | gamate | 16.67 |
| गमते | gamate | 5.56 |
| गमाते | gamate | 5.56 |
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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 Gamate
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