Gamoa Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Gamoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 139 | 1:58,660 | 7,509 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Gamoa (95) may also be a first name.
Gamoa Demographics
Average Gamoa Salary in
United States
$32,862 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gamoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamoa (Russian: Гамоа) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamoa? popularity and diffusion
Gamoa is the 1,380,086th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Gamoa are found; 87 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 87 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 974,243rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 95 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 58,660. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West New Britain, where 55 percent live, Central, where 24 percent live and East New Britain, where 9 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Gamoa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
Gamoa Last Name Statistics demography
Gamoa earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.84% less than the national average, earning $32,862 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamoa in the Russian language | ||
| Гамоа | gamoa | - |
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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 Gamoa
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