Gaanda Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Gaanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gaanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaanda is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaanda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gaanda are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 67 percent are found and Benue, where 22 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 19 percent are found and India, where 11 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 Gaanda
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