Gagaja Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gagaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gagaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gagaja is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gagaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Gagaja reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Gagaja is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Gagaja is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 67 percent live, Geita Region, where 17 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 17 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 13 percent live and Thailand, where 13 percent live.
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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 Gagaja
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