Gaingos Surname
Approximately 674 people bear this surname
Gaingos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 661 | 1:3,645 | 648 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
Gaingos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaingos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaingos is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaingos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 491,125th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaingos are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Gaingos is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 661 people, or 1 in 3,645. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Khomas Region, where 33 percent reside, Otjozondjupa Region, where 31 percent reside and Kunene Region, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Namibia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Gaingos
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