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
Gamiya (Hindi: गमीया, Oriya: ଗମିୟା) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gamiya is the 3,141,416th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Gamiya live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gamiya is also the 344,405th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 590 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Gamiya is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 94 percent live and Adamawa, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 36 percent live and India, where 15 percent live.
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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