Gamba Surname
Approximately 49,491 people bear this surname
Gamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 11,490 | 1:5,323 | 627 |
| Colombia | 8,659 | 1:5,517 | 788 |
| Philippines | 5,717 | 1:17,708 | 2,071 |
| Tanzania | 5,032 | 1:10,521 | 1,358 |
| Brazil | 2,748 | 1:77,902 | 2,915 |
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| Uganda | 2,049 | 1:19,053 | 2,850 |
| Argentina | 1,668 | 1:25,626 | 2,161 |
| France | 1,407 | 1:47,209 | 6,085 |
| United States | 1,351 | 1:268,289 | 25,224 |
| Nigeria | 761 | 1:232,776 | 13,588 |
| DR Congo | 499 | 1:148,055 | 15,508 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 497 | 1:31,063 | 4,791 |
| Congo | 413 | 1:12,080 | 1,576 |
| Papua New Guinea | 391 | 1:20,853 | 2,222 |
| Switzerland | 355 | 1:23,135 | 3,659 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| South Africa | 326 | 1:166,189 | 18,559 |
| Mexico | 300 | 1:413,754 | 8,088 |
| Uruguay | 287 | 1:11,957 | 1,343 |
| Benin | 230 | 1:44,937 | 5,722 |
| Niger | 170 | 1:112,894 | 4,482 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Spain | 127 | 1:368,126 | 20,695 |
| Indonesia | 121 | 1:1,092,969 | 78,869 |
| Czechia | 104 | 1:102,245 | 16,917 |
| Venezuela | 99 | 1:305,092 | 6,989 |
| Zambia | 95 | 1:166,841 | 11,651 |
| Kenya | 94 | 1:491,276 | 25,271 |
| England | 89 | 1:626,046 | 36,944 |
| Ecuador | 75 | 1:212,078 | 8,027 |
| Paraguay | 72 | 1:100,510 | 2,345 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| Burkina Faso | 43 | 1:426,793 | 6,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Central African Republic | 16 | 1:282,212 | 92 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Monaco | 12 | 1:3,089 | 236 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Gambá (2) are calculated separately.
Gamba (3,131) may also be a first name.
Gamba Demographics
Average Gamba Salary in
United States
$46,268 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamba (Hindi: गंबा, Marathi: गंबा, Oriya: ଗହା, Russian: Гамба, Tibetan: སྒམ་བྷ།) is more frequently found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Gambá. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,349th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 147,250 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 31 percent of Gamba are found; 28 percent are found in South America and 23 percent are found in Italic Europe. Gamba is also the 128,673rd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 3,131 people.
The last name Gamba is most commonly used in Italy, where it is carried by 11,490 people, or 1 in 5,323. In Italy it is most frequent in: Lombardy, where 48 percent live, Piedmont, where 23 percent live and Veneto, where 15 percent live. Aside from Italy Gamba occurs in 95 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 17 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Gamba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gamba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gamba last name rose 11,258 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,967 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gamba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gamba surname are 2.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.12% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gamba earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 26.6% more than the national average, earning €38,018 per year; in Peru they earn 128.65% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,323 per year; in South Africa they earn 0.6% less than the national average, earning R 236,208 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.67% more than the national average, earning $26,486,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.23% more than the national average, earning $46,268 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.55% more than the national average, earning $49,958 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗହା | gaha | - |
| Gamba in the Marathi language | ||
| गंबा | gamba | 80 |
| गंभा | gambha | 10 |
| गांबा | gamba | 10 |
| Gamba in the Hindi language | ||
| गंबा | gamba | 62.5 |
| गम्बा | gamba | 37.5 |
| Gamba in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒམ་བྷ། | gambha | 50 |
| དགོན་བཱ་ | gönba | 50 |
| Gamba in the Russian language | ||
| Гамба | gamba | - |
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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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- 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 Gamba
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