Gambay Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Gambay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 196 | 1:270,110 | 21,359 |
| Philippines | 88 | 1:1,150,434 | 92,307 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gambay (46) may also be a first name.
Gambay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gambay is most common in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 917,199th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. Gambay occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Gambay live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 46 people.
The surname Gambay is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 270,110. In Tanzania Gambay is mostly found in: Manyara Region, where 65 percent live, Arusha Region, where 33 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Gambay exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 30 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Gambay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gambay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gambay surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gambay
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