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
Gimbu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gimbu.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimbu? popularity and diffusion
Gimbu is the 748,537th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Gimbu live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 651,944th most common first name world-wide, borne by 194 people.
The last name Gimbu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 161,901. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Pwani Region, where 77 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 23 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis