Gimbu Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Gimbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 327 | 1:161,901 | 14,435 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gimbu (194) may also be a first name.
Gimbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gimbu occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimbu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 748,537th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. Gimbu occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gimbu live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gimbu is also the 651,944th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 194 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 161,901. In Tanzania Gimbu is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 77 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 23 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 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 Gimbu
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