Gambanga Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gambanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gambanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1941:79,57911,668
England31:18,572,686338,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gambanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gambanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gambanga is found most in Zimbabwe. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gambanga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,185,157th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gambanga reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Gambanga is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 79,579. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 37 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Gambanga
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