Gagava Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Gagava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
Gagava (139) may also be a first name.
Gagava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gagava (Marathi: गगवा, Russian: Гагава) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gagava.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gagava is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Gagava occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gagava are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gagava is also the 784,558th most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 139 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon Gagava is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 97 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 49 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gagava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gagava in the Marathi language | ||
| गगवा | gagava | 75 |
| गग | gaga | 25 |
| Gagava in the Russian language | ||
| Гагава | gagava | - |
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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 Gagava
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