Gamaya Surname
Approximately 2,131 people bear this surname
Gamaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,501 | 1:35,271 | 4,116 |
| Philippines | 603 | 1:167,891 | 27,405 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gamaya (1,006) may also be a first name.
Gamaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamaya (Oriya: ଗମୟା) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gamaya is the 196,647th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,419,778 people. The last name Gamaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Gamaya live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 253,646th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 1,006 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,501 people, or 1 in 35,271. In Tanzania Gamaya is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 66 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 19 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Gamaya exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗମୟା | gamaya | 50 |
| ଗାମାୟ | gamaya | 25 |
| ଗମାୟ | gamaya | 25 |
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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 Gamaya
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