Gambye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gambye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gambye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gambye is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambye? popularity and diffusion
Gambye is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Gambye occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gambye are found; 78 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Gambye is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Namutumba District, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 11 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 Gambye
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