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 Male Game Height
173.64 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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 borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Gamé or Gáme. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Game? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,278th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,414 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Game are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 32 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Game is also the 68,010th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 8,558 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 6,057 people, or 1 in 126,641. In India Game is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 83 percent reside, Arunachal Pradesh, where 12 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent reside. Excluding India it is found in 103 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 28 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.
Game Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Game has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Game last name rose 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 575 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 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 Game surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Game are 6.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.76% registered to vote for 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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