Gazama Surname
Approximately 760 people bear this surname
Gazama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 468 | 1:378,510 | 20,133 |
| Niger | 274 | 1:70,044 | 3,181 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gazama (277) may also be a first name.
Gazama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gazama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gazama occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gazama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 448,102nd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,588,876 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gazama are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gazama is also the 533,704th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 277 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 468 people, or 1 in 378,510. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 19 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent live and Borno, where 18 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 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 Gazama
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