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 last name Gazama is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gazama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 448,102nd most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,588,876 people. The surname Gazama occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 533,704th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 277 people.
The surname is most frequently used 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 are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent are found and Borno, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Gazama
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