Gahgah Surname
Approximately 640 people bear this surname
Gahgah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 618 | 1:62,511 | 10,364 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Gahgah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahgah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gahgah is most common in Algeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahgah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 510,931st most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gahgah live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 618 people, or 1 in 62,511. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tébessa Province, where 65 percent live and Algiers Province, where 35 percent live. Apart from Algeria Gahgah is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Gahgah
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