Gamarra is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gamarra
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: means the person who is originally from Gamarra, name of two towns in the Spanish Basque Country (Álava).

How popular is Gamarra?

Gamarra is common in Argentina.

Gamarra is ranked 5088 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gamarras grew by 52.4971 per cent to 1313 since 2000 and ranked 20263 after elevating 6351 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 91.62 88.39
White 7.62 10.34
Black 0.61 0
Gamarra is quite popular family name mostly used in Peru while Paraguay is ahead in terms of density. Around 107166 people have been found who wears Gamarra as their family name. Gamarra is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,078 Japan3
20,595 China2
4,104 South Korea2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
13,552 Qatar2
23,344 Austria2
14,521 Portugal2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
2,401 Honduras2
8,859 Iraq1
746 Dominica1
62,864 New Zealand1
2,877 Cuba1
897,276 Russia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
12,745 Luxembourg1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
3,993 El Salvador1
7,941 Guatemala1
31,207 Ireland1
36,678 Singapore1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
47,891 Norway1
492,292 Ukraine1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,388 Australia26
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
23,914 Denmark20
3,852 Costa Rica15
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
47,891 England81
43,335 Canada73
Countries with hundreds of Gamarra:
409 Uruguay929
2,330 Chile486
10,396 Mexico445
23,918 Germany437
32,422 Italy280
40,824 France245
1,918 Panama179
Countries with thousands of Gamarra:
813 Colombia7,948
296 Bolivia6,568
791 Venezuela4,666
3,813 Brazil3,736
1,550 Spain3,334
22,163 United States1,423
1,456 Ecuador1,358
Countries with ten thousands of Gamarra:
95 Peru44,802
59 Paraguay19,845
444 Argentina10,079
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Felice Gamarra and 50 years old Giuseppe Gamarra hailed from Feletto, Italy. 2 years old embarked for Coal City from Havre on La Bretagne and arrived on October 22, 1899.

Comments

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Tracey Culton
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of words gama arra which means manly like a deer this surname specifies an ancestral feature.

Gamarra Namesakes

  • Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian Politician
  • Sebastián Gamarra, Soccer midfielder
  • Carlos Gamarra, Soccer player
  • Pierre Gamarra, Writer
  • Rodolfo Gamarra, Soccer player
  • Pierre Gamarra, Writer
  • Sebastián Gamarra, Soccer midfielder
  • Rodolfo Gamarra, Soccer player
  • Sebastián Gamarra, Soccer midfielder
  • Daniel Gamarra, Soccer player
  • In 2017 comedy, musical film, Av. Larco La Pelicula, Maria Grazia Gamarra characterized Susana 'Negra'.
  • Horacio Gamarra, from 2015 action film They Call Him One Eye Faggot, who played N.

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