Gumaye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gumaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gumaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gumaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gumaye occurs most in Liberia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gumaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Gumaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Gumaye live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Gumaye is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia Gumaye is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 50 percent reside and Rivercess County, where 50 percent reside. Beside Liberia Gumaye exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 25 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 Gumaye
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