Gambo Surname
Approximately 240,145 people bear this surname
Gambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 188,638 | 1:939 | 113 |
| Niger | 31,116 | 1:617 | 102 |
| Cameroon | 8,113 | 1:2,560 | 287 |
| Kenya | 4,059 | 1:11,377 | 1,434 |
| Burkina Faso | 3,919 | 1:4,683 | 536 |
| Chad | 1,252 | 1:10,856 | 1,398 |
| Tanzania | 889 | 1:59,552 | 6,402 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| United States | 195 | 1:1,858,764 | 121,141 |
| Indonesia | 146 | 1:905,816 | 67,732 |
| Benin | 105 | 1:98,434 | 11,231 |
| South Africa | 101 | 1:536,413 | 42,583 |
| Zimbabwe | 100 | 1:154,382 | 19,513 |
| Philippines | 98 | 1:1,033,043 | 87,420 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Taiwan | 24 | 1:976,864 | 6,814 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Congo | 23 | 1:216,917 | 8,417 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
The alternate forms: Gambó (1) are calculated separately.
Gambo (197,999) may also be a first name.
Gambo Demographics
Gambo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gambo (Hindi: गम्बो, Russian: Гамбо, Tibetan: མགོན་པོ་) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant: Gambó. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gambo is the 2,287th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 30,346 people. Gambo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gambo live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gambo is also the 5,281st most widely held first name in the world, held by 197,999 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 188,638 people, or 1 in 939. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 14 percent are found, Katsina, where 11 percent are found and Jigawa, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Gambo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gambo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gambo last name expanded 542 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gambo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gambo surname is chiefly Christian (98%) in Kenya and Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Gambo are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.71% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gambo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.07% less than the national average, earning R 121,020 per year; in Colombia they earn 40.48% more than the national average, earning $31,893,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 6.92% less than the national average, earning $40,162 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gambo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gambo in the Hindi language | ||
| गम्बो | gambo | 83.33 |
| गमबो | gamabo | 16.67 |
| Gambo in the Tibetan language | ||
| མགོན་པོ་ | gönpo | 50 |
| མགོན་པོ། | gönpo | 50 |
| Gambo in the Russian language | ||
| Гамбо | gambo | - |
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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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- 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 Gambo
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