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 carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gumbala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 798,040th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gumbala live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gumbala is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname Gumbala is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Barring Malawi Gumbala exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
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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