Gambira Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Gambira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gambira (82) may also be a first name.
Gambira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gambira (Marathi: गंबीरा, Oriya: ଗାିରା) is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Gambira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Gambira live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most commonly used first name globally, held by 82 people.
The surname Gambira is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 1,219,977. In Uganda Gambira is mostly concentrated in: Kampala District, where 28 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 22 percent reside and Masaka District, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda Gambira exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gambira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gambira in the Marathi language | ||
| गंबीरा | gambira | - |
| Gambira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାିରା | gaira | 55.56 |
| ୀରା | ira | 22.22 |
| ଗିରା | gira | 22.22 |
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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
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- 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 Gambira
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