Gayama Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Gayama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gayama (57) may also be a first name.
Gayama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gayama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gayama (Marathi: गायमा, Oriya: ଗାୟାମା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Gayama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gayama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Gayama are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gayama is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name globally, borne by 57 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Gayama is mostly found in: Taraba, where 33 percent are found, Borno, where 31 percent are found and Kaduna, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gayama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gayama in the Marathi language | ||
| गायमा | gayama | - |
| Gayama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାୟାମା | gayama | 50 |
| ଗାୟମା | gayama | 50 |
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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 Gayama
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