Gashema Surname
Approximately 3,470 people bear this surname
Gashema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 3,411 | 1:3,332 | 821 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Gashema (3,638) may also be a first name.
Gashema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gashema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gashema is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gashema? popularity and diffusion
Gashema is the 130,388th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,100,157 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gashema are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,134th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 3,638 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Rwanda, where it is held by 3,411 people, or 1 in 3,332. Without taking into account Rwanda this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gashema
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