Gambo Surname
Approximately 240,145 people bear this surname
Gambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 188,638 | 1:939 | 113 |
| Niger | 31,116 | 1:617 | 102 |
| Cameroon | 8,113 | 1:2,560 | 287 |
| Kenya | 4,059 | 1:11,377 | 1,434 |
| Burkina Faso | 3,919 | 1:4,683 | 536 |
| Chad | 1,252 | 1:10,856 | 1,398 |
| Tanzania | 889 | 1:59,552 | 6,402 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| United States | 195 | 1:1,858,764 | 121,141 |
| Indonesia | 146 | 1:905,816 | 67,732 |
| Benin | 105 | 1:98,434 | 11,231 |
| South Africa | 101 | 1:536,413 | 42,583 |
| Zimbabwe | 100 | 1:154,382 | 19,513 |
| Philippines | 98 | 1:1,033,043 | 87,420 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Taiwan | 24 | 1:976,864 | 6,814 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Congo | 23 | 1:216,917 | 8,417 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
The alternate forms: Gambó (1) are calculated separately.
Gambo (197,999) may also be a first name.
Gambo Demographics
Gambo Political Affiliation
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Gambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gambo (Hindi: गम्बो, Russian: Гамбо, Tibetan: མགོན་པོ་) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gambó. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gambo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,287th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,346 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gambo are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gambo is also the 5,281st most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 197,999 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 188,638 people, or 1 in 939. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 14 percent are found, Katsina, where 11 percent are found and Jigawa, where 10 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 68 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Gambo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gambo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gambo surname expanded 542 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gambo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (98%) in Kenya and Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Gambo surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.71% registered with the party.
The amount Gambo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.07% less than the national average, earning R 121,020 per year; in Colombia they earn 40.48% more than the national average, earning $31,893,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 6.92% less than the national average, earning $40,162 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gambo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gambo in the Hindi language | ||
| गम्बो | gambo | 83.33 |
| गमबो | gamabo | 16.67 |
| Gambo in the Tibetan language | ||
| མགོན་པོ་ | gönpo | 50 |
| མགོན་པོ། | gönpo | 50 |
| Gambo in the Russian language | ||
| Гамбо | gambo | - |
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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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- 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 Gambo
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