Cangama Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Cangama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Cangama (17) may also be a first name.
Cangama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cangama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cangama occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cangama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Cangama reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cangama is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Yobe, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Cangama exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 14 percent are found and Peru, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Cangama
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