Gamena Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Gamena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Gameña (10) are calculated separately.
Gamena (16) may also be a first name.
Gamena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gamena is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Gameña. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamena? popularity and diffusion
Gamena is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Gamena live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gamena is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 16 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 90 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live.
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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 Gamena
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