Gimbiya Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Gimbiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gimbiya (2,195) may also be a first name.
Gimbiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimbiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gimbiya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gimbiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimbiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gimbiya is the 2,460,878th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Gimbiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gimbiya are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 159,852nd most frequent forename globally, held by 2,195 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Gimbiya is most common in: Kaduna, where 26 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 21 percent live and Gombe, where 19 percent live. Barring Nigeria Gimbiya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Gimbiya
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