Gadanga Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Gadanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 369 | 1:480,062 | 24,144 |
| India | 190 | 1:4,037,186 | 109,278 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gadanga (388) may also be a first name.
Gadanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gadanga (Oriya: ଗାଡା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadanga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 535,476th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,105,558 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Gadanga live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gadanga is also the 439,750th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 388 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 480,062. In Nigeria Gadanga is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 63 percent live, Zamfara, where 18 percent live and Kebbi, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gadanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gadanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଡା | gada | 45.36 |
| ଗଡା | gada | 22.68 |
| ଗାଡ | gada | 12.37 |
| ଗାଡାା | gadaa | 6.19 |
| ଗଡ | gada | 4.12 |
| ମଦନ | madana | 2.06 |
| ଗାଡାଂଗ | gadanga | 2.06 |
| ପଦିନି | padini | 1.03 |
| ପଦନାଭ | padanabha | 1.03 |
| ଡୁଗାଡା | dugada | 1.03 |
| ଲକ୍ଷଣ | laksana | 1.03 |
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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 Gadanga
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