Gamhi Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Gamhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 54 | 1:285,893 | 29,291 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gamhi (33) may also be a first name.
Gamhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamhi (Hindi: गम्ही, Oriya: ଗହୀ) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamhi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,047,559th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Gamhi reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 33 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 285,893. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 74 percent are found, Harare Province, where 15 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 20 percent are found and Belgium, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamhi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamhi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗହୀ | gahi | - |
| Gamhi in the Hindi language | ||
| गम्ही | gamhi | 66.67 |
| गमही | gamahi | 33.33 |
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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 Gamhi
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