Gishima Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gishima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Gishima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gishima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gishima is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gishima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gishima are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 69 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 15 percent reside and Abia, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Gishima is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Japan, where 4 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 Gishima
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