Gambang Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Gambang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 98 | 1:300,961 | 16,456 |
| Indonesia | 97 | 1:1,363,394 | 93,839 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gambang (81) may also be a first name.
Gambang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gambang is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 985,740th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Gambang live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gambang is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 81 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 300,961. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 97 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent live and Labuan, where 1 percent live. Other than Malaysia Gambang exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 37 percent live and The Philippines, where 25 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gambang
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