Gamma Surname
Approximately 3,783 people bear this surname
Gamma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1,068 | 1:7,690 | 1,238 |
| United States | 538 | 1:673,715 | 53,674 |
| Djibouti | 350 | 1:2,614 | 242 |
| India | 320 | 1:2,397,079 | 77,570 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Italy | 210 | 1:291,222 | 37,076 |
| Russia | 169 | 1:852,799 | 68,843 |
| South Africa | 97 | 1:558,533 | 43,702 |
| Mexico | 73 | 1:1,700,359 | 17,324 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Israel | 60 | 1:142,627 | 15,171 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| Niger | 49 | 1:391,674 | 10,965 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Gamma (3,517) may also be a first name.
Gamma Demographics
Average Gamma Salary in
United States
$45,445 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gamma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamma (Hindi: गम्मा, Marathi: गामा, Russian: Гамма) has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gamma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 121,108th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,926,393 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 40 percent of Gamma are found; 29 percent are found in Western Europe and 26 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Gamma is also the 119,646th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 3,517 people.
Gamma is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is held by 1,068 people, or 1 in 7,690. In Switzerland Gamma is most numerous in: Canton of Uri, where 36 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 16 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland this last name is found in 81 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Djibouti, where 9 percent live.
Gamma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gamma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gamma last name rose 2,832 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gamma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Gamma surname are 17.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.63% registered with the party.
The amount Gamma earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 23.82% less than the national average, earning R 181,032 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.54% less than the national average, earning $16,903,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.32% more than the national average, earning $45,445 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.8% less than the national average, earning $48,791 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamma in the Marathi language | ||
| गामा | gama | 99.74 |
| गंमा | gamma | 0.13 |
| Gamma in the Hindi language | ||
| गम्मा | gam'ma | 93.29 |
| गाम्मा | gam'ma | 4.36 |
| गांमा | gamma | 1.01 |
| गामा | gama | 0.67 |
| गंमा | gamma | 0.34 |
| गाममा | gamama | 0.34 |
| Gamma in the Russian language | ||
| Гамма | gamma | - |
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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 Gamma
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