Gyamfi Surname

8,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67,582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Gyamfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyamfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana65,5311:41249
United States7681:471,95240,109
England5911:94,27810,082
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Canada781:472,37940,609
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
France441:1,509,607143,950
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Norway61:857,04855,549
China61:227,886,92811,701
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Dominica11:75,891912
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Gyamfi (9,153) may also be a first name.

Gyamfi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gyamfi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gyamfi has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyamfi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,431st most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 107,833 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gyamfi are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 64,950th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 9,153 people.

Gyamfi is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 65,531 people, or 1 in 412. Other than Ghana this surname is found in 51 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Gyamfi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gyamfi surname are 42.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.7% registered with the party.

The amount Gyamfi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 46.13% less than the national average, earning 186,439 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.37% more than the national average, earning R 326,436 per year; in United States they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning $44,401 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.61% more than the national average, earning $53,959 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyamfia924/
Gyamf911/
Gymfi911/
Gyamfiwa866/
Gyemfi8317/
Gyamfy832/
Gyamfu832/
Gyamhf831/
Gymafi831/
Gyamfiwah802/
Gyamfua771,559/
Gyemfie771/
Gyamfuu771/
Gyamfiwaah751/
Gyamfuah712,312/
Gyamfuaa711,962/
Gyammfua711/
Gyemfa67279/
Gyamfuaah6717/
Gyamfuwaa675/
Gyemfua624/
Gyimafa621/
Gyeimfa621/
Gymfuah621/
Gymfuaa621/
Gyemfah621/
Gymv601/
Gyemfuah572/
Gyamevah571/
Gymph553/
Gyumfuawh531/
Gyumov5037/
Geymov501/

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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
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  • 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 Gyamfi
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