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 surname Gomboya is most common in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomboya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gomboya is the 1,152,132nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gomboya live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Chadic Africa. Gomboya is also the 199,808th most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 1,512 people.
The last name Gomboya is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 102,311. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 98 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside and Centre Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, 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
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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 Gomboya
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