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 surname Gashema occurs more in Rwanda more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gashema? popularity and diffusion
Gashema is the 130,388th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,100,157 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gashema reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,134th most numerous first name globally It is held by 3,638 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Rwanda, where it is held by 3,411 people, or 1 in 3,332. Excluding Rwanda it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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
- 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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