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) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gagava is the 2,220,661st most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. Gagava is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gagava live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 784,558th most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 139 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 97 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs 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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