Gomeka Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Gomeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Gomeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gomeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gomeka is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomeka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 734,496th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. Gomeka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gomeka live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Not including Malawi Gomeka is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
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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 Gomeka
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