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Where Does The Last Name Gambu Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gambu (Hindi: गम्बू, Marathi: गंबु, Tibetan: སྒོམ་བུ་) is most common in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms: Gambů. For other possible spellings of Gambu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gambu? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 105,223^rd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,636,915 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Gambu are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 229,946^th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 1,189 people.

The last name Gambu is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,919 people, or 1 in 18,560. In South Africa Gambu is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 61 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and Free State, where 10 percent reside. Not including South Africa Gambu occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.

Gambu Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gambu has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gambu last name declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gambu Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (82%) in Nigeria.

Gambu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.17% less than the national average, earning R 158,820 per year.