Gegema Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Gegema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 246 | 1:215,210 | 18,004 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Gegema (14) may also be a first name.
Gegema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gegema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gegema is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gegema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,017,412th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname Gegema is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gegema are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 215,210. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Geita Region, where 98 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Mozambique, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gegema
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