Gisima Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Gisima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 97 | 1:545,790 | 34,985 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gisima (11) may also be a first name.
Gisima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gisima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gisima is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gisima? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,674,734th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gisima reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gisima is also the 3,487,849th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name Gisima is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 545,790. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 91 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Gisima occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and India, where 1 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 Gisima
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