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 has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gambay is the 917,199th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Gambay reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gambay is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 46 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 270,110. In Tanzania Gambay is primarily found in: Manyara Region, where 65 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 33 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Gambay exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 30 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Gambay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gambay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 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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