Gambou Surname
Approximately 2,879 people bear this surname
Gambou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 2,506 | 1:1,991 | 327 |
| Ivory Coast | 125 | 1:184,570 | 8,133 |
| Cameroon | 111 | 1:187,109 | 19,561 |
| Niger | 81 | 1:236,938 | 7,651 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Gâmbou (1) are calculated separately.
Gambou (167) may also be a first name.
Gambou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gambou occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Gâmbou. For other possible spellings of Gambou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambou? popularity and diffusion
Gambou is the 152,799th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,531,277 people. Gambou is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gambou reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Gambou is also the 708,111th most commonly held given name globally, held by 167 people.
The surname is most widespread in The Congo, where it is carried by 2,506 people, or 1 in 1,991. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 44 percent live, Plateaux Department, where 21 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 21 percent live. Other than The Congo this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gambou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis