Gagana Surname
Approximately 548 people bear this surname
Gagana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gagana (1,526) may also be a first name.
Gagana Demographics
Average Gagana Salary in
South Africa
R 54,036
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gagana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gagana (Hindi: गगना, Marathi: गगना, Oriya: ଗଗନ) is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gagana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 574,640th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 13,298,441 people. The last name Gagana is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Gagana live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Gagana is also the 198,636th most frequently held first name globally, held by 1,526 people.
Gagana is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Outside of Sri Lanka it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
Gagana Last Name Statistics demography
Gagana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.26% less than the national average, earning R 54,036 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gagana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gagana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଗନ | gagana | 65.38 |
| ଗଗନା | gagana | 23.72 |
| ଗାଗାନ | gagana | 2.56 |
| ଗାଗାନା | gagana | 1.92 |
| ଗଣପତି | ganapati | 0.64 |
| ଗଗନବି | gaganabi | 0.64 |
| Gagana in the Hindi language | ||
| गगना | gagana | 61.36 |
| गगां | gagam | 15.91 |
| गगंा | gagama | 6.82 |
| गगाना | gagana | 6.82 |
| जगाना | jagana | 2.27 |
| गग्ांा | gagama | 2.27 |
| गगंराम | gaganrama | 2.27 |
| गंगा | ganga | 2.27 |
| Gagana in the Marathi language | ||
| गगना | gagana | 60 |
| गगाना | gagana | 26.67 |
| गजानन | gajanana | 13.33 |
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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 Gagana
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