Gambõa

surname · Latin script

Gambõa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Costa Rica than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Gamboa, from Basque Ganboa.

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 195(measured from records)
  • ECEcuador1 in 2K
  • UYUruguay1 in 2.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Costa Rica (measured from records)

26,106 people

Sources
93 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 195 (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gamboa in US United States, EC Ecuador, ES Spain and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Gambõa: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Gambõa
  1. SpanishGamboa(measured from records)
  2. BasqueGanboa(measured from records)

Borrowed from Spanish Gamboa, from Basque Ganboa.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gambõa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gambõa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CR Costa Rica—26,1061 in 19526K——
US United States—19,5771 in 17K20KGamboa93
AR Argentina—9,4821 in 4.8K9.5K—1
EC Ecuador—8,3161 in 2K8.3KGamboa13
ES Spain—4,3281 in 12K4.3KGamboa37
UY Uruguay—1,5741 in 2.2K1.6K——
AO Angola#265≈110 est.≈1 in 306K—Gamboa17

26,106 people counted by TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INEC — civil registry names; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gambõa under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gambõa mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Gamboa, from Basque Ganboa. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Gambõa have the most bearers?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted about 26 thousand people named Gambõa, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Gambõa most common?
Gambõa is densest in Costa Rica, where the national register counts about 1 in 195 people carrying it.
How common is the name Gambõa?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted 26,106 people named Gambõa, about 1 in 195 residents.
How common is Gambõa compared with other names?
In Angola, Gambõa is the 265th most common surname of 23,432 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gambõa” — the 265th most common surname in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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