Gashom Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gashom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gashom (76) may also be a first name.
Gashom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gashom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gashom (Russian: Гашом) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gashom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Gashom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gashom live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gashom is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 76 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Gashom is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 33 percent are found, Plateau, where 33 percent are found and Taraba, where 33 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gashom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gashom in the Russian language | ||
| Гашом | gasom | - |
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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 Gashom
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