Gagah Surname
Approximately 967 people bear this surname
Gagah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Nigeria | 219 | 1:808,871 | 36,014 |
| Indonesia | 138 | 1:958,327 | 70,806 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Gagah (1,355) may also be a first name.
Gagah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gagah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﺎﻩ) has its highest incidence in Togo. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gagah is the 371,278th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,536,242 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Gagah live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gagah is also the 213,071st most widely held first name in the world It is held by 1,355 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Togo, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Aside from Togo it is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gagah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gagah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﺎﻩ | kakah | - |
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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
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- 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 Gagah
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