Gaganga Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Gaganga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gaganga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaganga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaganga (Hindi: गगंगा, Oriya: ଗଗା) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Gaganga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaganga? popularity and diffusion
Gaganga is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gaganga reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 1,501,511. In Uganda Gaganga is most frequent in: Kampala District, where 54 percent live, Wakiso District, where 15 percent live and Luweero District, where 8 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaganga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaganga in the Hindi language | ||
| गगंगा | gaganga | - |
| Gaganga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଗା | gaga | - |
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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 Gaganga
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