Gamboye Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Gamboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 1:285,980 | 20,148 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gamboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gamboye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamboye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gamboye is the 3,602,217th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Gamboye live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gamboye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 65 percent reside, Yobe, where 29 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 40 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Gamboye
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