Babagana Surname

19,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Babagana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Babagana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria28,4411:6,228759
Cameroon4091:50,7806,639
Niger191:1,010,10622,252
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
England21:27,859,030389,889
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Babagana (44,960) may also be a first name.

Babagana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Babagana is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Babagana? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 19,030th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 252,199 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Babagana reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 20,207th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 44,960 people.

The surname Babagana is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 28,441 people, or 1 in 6,228. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Borno, where 74 percent reside, Yobe, where 10 percent reside and Gombe, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.

Babagana Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Babagana last name is predominantly Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.

Babagana earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 69.61% less than the national average, earning $13,115 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Babagana
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