Gomaa Surname
Approximately 133,409 people bear this surname
Gomaa Surname User-submission:
The surname Gomma or Gomaa comes from the Arabic word جمعة (transliterated to gomaa and gomma from Egyptian-Arabic, or jumuah, juma and jumaa from MST), meaning 'Friday'.
Gomma was also the name of an 18th-century kingdom located in what now is Ethiopia.
Read More About This SurnameGomaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 115,349 | 1:797 | 109 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,818 | 1:3,143 | 412 |
| Sudan | 6,440 | 1:5,825 | 853 |
| Kuwait | 347 | 1:10,953 | 1,529 |
| Qatar | 265 | 1:8,898 | 975 |
| United States | 263 | 1:1,378,171 | 95,481 |
| United Arab Emirates | 229 | 1:40,010 | 4,143 |
| Yemen | 183 | 1:144,401 | 7,332 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Canada | 72 | 1:511,744 | 43,418 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Lebanon | 17 | 1:331,593 | 10,584 |
| Isle of Man | 17 | 1:5,048 | 1,065 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Gomaá (1) are calculated separately.
Gomaa (11,846) may also be a first name.
Gomaa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Gomma or Gomaa comes from the Arabic word جمعة (transliterated to gomaa and gomma from Egyptian-Arabic, or jumuah, juma and jumaa from MST), meaning 'Friday'.
Gomma was also the name of an 18th-century kingdom located in what now is Ethiopia. Besides being the Italian word for 'gum'. However, since the popularity of the surname being mainly in Egypt and neighbouring Arabic countries, these explanations less likely to be the case.
- billyboopbopGomaa Demographics
Average Gomaa Salary in
United States
$54,268 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Gomaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gomaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gomaa (Marathi: गोमा, Russian: Гомаа) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Gomaá. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,208th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 54,626 people. Gomaa is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Gomaa live; 91 percent live in North Africa and 91 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 54,686th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 11,846 people.
The surname Gomaa is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 115,349 people, or 1 in 797. Beside Egypt Gomaa is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent are found and Sudan, where 5 percent are found.
Gomaa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Gomaa last name are 7.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.47% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gomaa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.58% less than the national average, earning R 55,644 per year; in United States they earn 25.77% more than the national average, earning $54,268 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.16% more than the national average, earning $53,736 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gomaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gomaa in the Marathi language | ||
| गोमा | goma | 80 |
| गोमाए | goma'e | 20 |
| Gomaa in the Russian language | ||
| Гомаа | gomaa | - |
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
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Gomaa
- 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