Gambela Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Gambela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Gambela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gambela occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gambela live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Apart from Ethiopia Gambela exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent are found and South Africa, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Gambela
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