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 last name Gagava (Marathi: गगवा, Russian: Гагава) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gagava live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gagava is also the 784,558th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 139 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 97 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 49 percent live.
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
- 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 Gagava
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