Gamje Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Gamje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Gamje (28) may also be a first name.
Gamje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gamje occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. Gamje is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gamje are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gamje is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 28 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Taraba, where 98 percent reside, Edo, where 1 percent reside and Ondo, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Gamje is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 3 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gamje
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