Gumbi Surname
Approximately 31,130 people bear this surname
Gumbi Surname User-submission:
The Gumbi surname means 'corner'. It is often used in the Zulu expression amagumbi amane omhlaba, which means 'four corners of the world'.
Gumbi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 26,545 | 1:2,041 | 257 |
| Swaziland | 1,667 | 1:779 | 117 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,652 | 1:9,345 | 1,160 |
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gumbi (217) may also be a first name.
Gumbi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Gumbi surname means 'corner'. It is often used in the Zulu expression amagumbi amane omhlaba, which means 'four corners of the world'.
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Average Gumbi Salary in
United States
$33,825 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gumbi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gumbi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gumbi (Bengali: গুম্বী, Marathi: गुंबी, Russian: Гумби) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gumbi.
How Common Is The Last Name Gumbi? popularity and diffusion
Gumbi is the 17,753rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 234,100 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gumbi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gumbi is also the 612,983rd most frequent first name globally, held by 217 people.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 26,545 people, or 1 in 2,041. In South Africa Gumbi is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 69 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent live. Beside South Africa Gumbi occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Gumbi Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Gumbi earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 36.54% less than the national average, earning R 150,804 per year and in United States they earn 21.61% less than the national average, earning $33,825 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gumbi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gumbi in the Bengali language | ||
| গুম্বী | gumbi | - |
| Gumbi in the Marathi language | ||
| गुंबी | gumbi | - |
| Gumbi in the Russian language | ||
| Гумби | gumbi | - |
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Footnotes
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