Gomboya Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Gomboya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 203 | 1:102,311 | 12,070 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Gomboya (1,512) may also be a first name.
Gomboya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gomboya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gomboya has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gomboya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomboya? popularity and diffusion
Gomboya is the 1,152,132nd most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gomboya reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Gomboya is also the 199,808th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,512 people.
The surname Gomboya is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 102,311. In Cameroon Gomboya is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 98 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found and Centre Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gomboya
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