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
The surname Gambay is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 917,199th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Gambay live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gambay is also the 1,484,914th most widespread forename at a global level. It is borne by 46 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 270,110. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Manyara Region, where 65 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 33 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Gambay is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 30 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Gambay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gambay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gambay last name 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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