Gamiya Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Gamiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gamiya (590) may also be a first name.
Gamiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamiya (Hindi: गमीया, Oriya: ଗମିୟା) is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gamiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 51 percent of Gamiya reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 344,405th most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 590 people.
The last name Gamiya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Gamiya is most common in: Taraba, where 94 percent are found and Adamawa, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent are found and India, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗମିୟା | gamiya | 82.61 |
| ଗମିଆଁ | gami'am | 4.35 |
| ଗମିଆ | gami'a | 4.35 |
| ଚାମିଆଁ | cami'am | 4.35 |
| ଗମୀୟା | gamiya | 4.35 |
| Gamiya in the Hindi language | ||
| गमीया | gamiya | 57.27 |
| गमिया | gamiya | 41.82 |
| गामिया | gamiya | 0.91 |
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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 Gamiya
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