Gamuya Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Gamuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 226 | 1:234,255 | 19,221 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gamuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gamuya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gamuya is the 1,025,894th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name Gamuya is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gamuya reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 234,255. In Tanzania Gamuya is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 66 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Gamuya
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