Gimba Surname
Approximately 30,723 people bear this surname
Gimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30,013 | 1:5,902 | 730 |
| Niger | 228 | 1:84,176 | 3,606 |
| Philippines | 113 | 1:895,913 | 81,345 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Romania | 40 | 1:501,947 | 38,412 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Gîmbă (60) are calculated separately.
Gimba (12,010) may also be a first name.
Gimba Demographics
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Gimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gimba (Hindi: गिम्बा, Marathi: िमला, Russian: Гимба, Tibetan: སྦྱིན་བ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Gîmbă. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 17,981st most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 237,202 people. The surname Gimba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gimba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gimba is also the 54,131st most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 12,010 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30,013 people, or 1 in 5,902. In Nigeria it is most common in: Niger, where 29 percent live, Kogi, where 10 percent live and Kaduna, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Gimba is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
Gimba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gimba last name is principally Muslim (71%) in Nigeria and Catholic (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Gimba surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.
Gimba earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.28% more than the national average, earning $53,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gimba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gimba in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦྱིན་བ | jinwa | - |
| Gimba in the Hindi language | ||
| गिम्बा | gimba | - |
| Gimba in the Marathi language | ||
| िमला | imala | 28.57 |
| िबला | ibala | 14.29 |
| िबना | ibana | 14.29 |
| िंबदा | imbada | 14.29 |
| गींबा | gimba | 14.29 |
| िमरा | imara | 14.29 |
| Gimba in the Russian language | ||
| Гимба | gimba | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gimba
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