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 occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Gameña. For other potential spellings of Gamena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gamena is the 3,485,539th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Gamena are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 16 people.
The surname Gamena is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 90 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Gamena
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