Game Surname
Approximately 19,007 people bear this surname
Game Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the game.' 'Game, a rabbit-warren' (Halliwell).
John de la Gayme, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alicia del Gamme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Agnes del Gamme.
Read More About This SurnameGame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,057 | 1:126,641 | 8,154 |
| Iran | 5,357 | 1:14,333 | 1,885 |
| England | 1,854 | 1:30,053 | 4,035 |
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Ecuador | 772 | 1:20,603 | 2,881 |
| United States | 575 | 1:630,363 | 50,838 |
| Australia | 371 | 1:72,765 | 8,563 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Indonesia | 314 | 1:421,176 | 35,391 |
| France | 303 | 1:219,217 | 34,056 |
| Canada | 186 | 1:198,095 | 19,415 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Netherlands | 119 | 1:141,909 | 21,612 |
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| Botswana | 94 | 1:23,265 | 4,701 |
| New Zealand | 83 | 1:54,558 | 8,669 |
| Chile | 73 | 1:241,322 | 7,329 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Venezuela | 60 | 1:503,401 | 9,605 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Zimbabwe | 52 | 1:296,889 | 30,036 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| United Arab Emirates | 48 | 1:190,881 | 13,202 |
| Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| China | 24 | 1:56,971,732 | 3,099 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Albania | 19 | 1:153,371 | 11,939 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Vietnam | 9 | 1:10,294,006 | 2,767 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 937 | 1:26,014 | 3,577 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100 | 1:502,187 | 35,305 |
The alternate forms: Gamé (4) & Gáme (2) are calculated separately.
Game (8,558) may also be a first name.
Game Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the game.' 'Game, a rabbit-warren' (Halliwell).
John de la Gayme, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alicia del Gamme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Agnes del Gamme. 1370: ibid.
1750. Married — John Game and Mary Nunn: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) Dweller by a Rabbit-Warren [from Middle English game(n, Old English gamen, sport] Parkes of fallow deere, and games of graie conies, it maintainedh many, the one for pleasure, and the other for profit.—Lambard’s Perambulation, 1596.
Gam was a Yorkshire tenant prior to Domesday.
Game Demographics
Average Game Salary in
United States
$40,057 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Game Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Game Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Game (Arabic: غومي, Hindi: गामे, Marathi: गमे, Oriya: ଗେମ, Tibetan: མགོནམ་) is found most in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gamé or Gáme. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Game? popularity and diffusion
It is the 28,278th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 383,414 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Game live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 32 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 68,010th most common first name globally, held by 8,558 people.
The surname is most common in India, where it is held by 6,057 people, or 1 in 126,641. In India Game is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 83 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 12 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in 103 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 28 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.
Game Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Game has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 575 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Game Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Game last name are 6.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.76% registered with the party.
The amount Game earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.6% less than the national average, earning R 10,464 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.92% more than the national average, earning $28,132,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.17% less than the national average, earning $40,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.34% more than the national average, earning $58,796 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Game Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Game in the Tibetan language | ||
| མགོནམ་ | gonam | - |
| Game in the Marathi language | ||
| गमे | game | 99.52 |
| गामे | game | 0.31 |
| गम | gama | 0.18 |
| Game in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗେମ | gema | 93.48 |
| ଗାେମ | gaema | 4.35 |
| େଗମ୍ | egam | 2.17 |
| Game in the Hindi language | ||
| गामे | game | 85.19 |
| गमे | game | 11.11 |
| गमे़ | game | 3.7 |
| Game in the Arabic language | ||
| غومي | ghwmy | - |
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