Gamua Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Gamua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 167 | 1:124,366 | 14,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Gamua (16) may also be a first name.
Gamua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamua (Hindi: गामूा) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,198,640th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Gamua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Gamua live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 124,366. In Cameroon Gamua is most common in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent live, Southwest Region, where 14 percent live and Littoral Region, where 12 percent live. Besides Cameroon Gamua is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamua in the Hindi language | ||
| गामूा | gamua | - |
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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 Gamua
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