Gamdo Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Gamdo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gamdo (49) may also be a first name.
Gamdo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamdo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gamdo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamdo? popularity and diffusion
Gamdo is the 1,683,218th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Gamdo are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gamdo is also the 1,430,306th most common forename globally, held by 49 people.
The last name Gamdo is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Gamdo is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 50 percent reside, Borno, where 31 percent reside and Yobe, where 8 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 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
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- 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 Gamdo
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