Gbamanja Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sierra Leone
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone

Gbamanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbamanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sierra Leone161:443,102516
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Gbamanja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gbamanja Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gbamanja is carried by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbamanja? popularity and diffusion

Gbamanja is the 3,485,539th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Gbamanja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Gbamanja live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Gbamanja is most commonly occurring in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 443,102. Besides Sierra Leone this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.

Gbamanja Last Name Statistics demography

Gbamanja earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 67.07% less than the national average, earning $14,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbamanza8834/
Ngbamanya82137/
Ngbamanza821/
Gbamange7596/
Gbomanya754/
Gwamanya751/
Kwamanja751/
Guamamja751/
Ngwamanya715/
Ngbamange711/
Ngbomanya711/
Gbemanyo636/
Kwamanya631/
Gbamenya631/
Ngbamonzo591/

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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 Gbamanja
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