Ghimbasan Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ghimbasan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghimbasan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1621:123,93713,607
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Ghimbăşan (31) & Ghimbășan (1) are calculated separately.

Ghimbasan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ghimbasan is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Ghimbăşan or Ghimbășan. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghimbasan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,231,034th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Ghimbasan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Ghimbasan live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname Ghimbasan is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 123,937. In Romania Ghimbasan is most common in: Brașov County, where 99 percent reside and Mehedinți County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Romania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghimbasanu9586/
Gimbasan941/
Ghimbăşan9331/
Ghimbășan931/
Ghimbaseanu904/
Gimbason8296/
Gumbasan8250/
Ghimpusan783/
Gumbahasan7431/
Ghimbăşanu741/
Gumbason71170/
Gimbajon712/
Ghimbășeanu701/
Gumbosen5912/
Gumboson594/

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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 Ghimbasan
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