Gamgo Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Gamgo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 246 | 1:84,427 | 10,261 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gamgo (76) may also be a first name.
Gamgo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamgo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamgo is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamgo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gamgo is the 864,701st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname Gamgo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gamgo are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 76 people.
The surname Gamgo is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 84,427. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 40 percent reside, West Region, where 38 percent reside and Centre Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and Niger, where 5 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 Gamgo
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