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
Gamaya (Oriya: ଗମୟା) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamaya? popularity and diffusion
Gamaya is the 196,647th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,419,778 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Gamaya reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 253,646th most common forename internationally, held by 1,006 people.
The last name Gamaya is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,501 people, or 1 in 35,271. In Tanzania Gamaya is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 66 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 19 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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