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
The surname Gamboye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gamboye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamboye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Gamboye are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Gamboye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Gamboye is most frequent in: Borno, where 65 percent live, Yobe, where 29 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 40 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.
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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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