Gantama Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Gantama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gantama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Gantama (12) may also be a first name.

Gantama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gantama Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gantama is most common in Niger. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gantama? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Gantama live; 29 percent live in West Africa and 29 percent live in Chadic Africa. Gantama is also the 3,306,491st most common first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.

The last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 9,596,008. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Niger it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 14 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.

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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 Gantama
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