Gnama Surname
Approximately 2,905 people bear this surname
Gnama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,680 | 1:4,314 | 763 |
| Ivory Coast | 466 | 1:49,509 | 3,051 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Burkina Faso | 250 | 1:73,408 | 2,730 |
| Congo | 120 | 1:41,576 | 3,928 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Gnama (11,070) may also be a first name.
Gnama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnama (Arabic: غنامي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﺎ) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gnama is the 151,595th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,508,622 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gnama live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 57,224th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 11,070 people.
The surname Gnama is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is held by 1,680 people, or 1 in 4,314. Aside from Togo this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent are found and Gabon, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gnama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gnama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﺎ | anyama | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻡ | anyam | 33.33 |
| Gnama in the Arabic language | ||
| غنامي | ghnamy | - |
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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
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- 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 Gnama
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