Gumbala Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Gumbala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gumbala (12) may also be a first name.
Gumbala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gumbala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gumbala (Tibetan: མགུ་བཱ་ལ།) is found most frequently in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gumbala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gumbala is the 798,040th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gumbala live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Beside Malawi Gumbala exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gumbala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gumbala in the Tibetan language | ||
| མགུ་བཱ་ལ། | gubala | - |
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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 Gumbala
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