Gamus Surname
Approximately 1,097 people bear this surname
Gamus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 620 | 1:163,287 | 26,818 |
| Poland | 157 | 1:242,094 | 30,778 |
| Indonesia | 129 | 1:1,025,188 | 74,895 |
| France | 56 | 1:1,186,120 | 124,657 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Gamus (15) may also be a first name.
Gamus Demographics
Average Gamus Salary in
United States
$36,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gamus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamus (Russian: Гамус) is found most in The Philippines. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gamus.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 336,072nd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,643,159 people. Gamus is primarily found in Asia, where 69 percent of Gamus live; 68 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gamus is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 620 people, or 1 in 163,287. In The Philippines Gamus is most common in: Central Visayas, where 32 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 20 percent live and Calabarzon, where 11 percent live. Outside of The Philippines it occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Gamus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gamus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gamus last name increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gamus Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Gamus earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 16.09% less than the national average, earning $36,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.56% more than the national average, earning $58,902 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamus in the Russian language | ||
| Гамус | gamus | - |
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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 Gamus
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