Gimah Surname
Approximately 628 people bear this surname
Gimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Indonesia | 163 | 1:811,345 | 61,613 |
| Nigeria | 149 | 1:1,188,878 | 48,183 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gimah (8,325) may also be a first name.
Gimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gimah is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gimah is the 518,760th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 11,604,372 people. The surname Gimah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Gimah live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 69,248th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 8,325 people.
Gimah is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Other than Ghana it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 24 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 Gimah
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