Ganagana Surname

380,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 936 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ganagana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganagana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6861:258,22614,856
Zimbabwe1491:103,61214,508
Philippines391:2,595,852132,893
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
India221:34,866,608408,224
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Ganagana (33) may also be a first name.

Ganagana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ganagana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ganagana is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ganagana.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganagana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 380,890th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,785,840 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ganagana reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 33 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 686 people, or 1 in 258,226. In Nigeria Ganagana is primarily found in: Delta, where 66 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 20 percent reside and Plateau, where 4 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.

Ganagana Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Ganagana last name is primarily Christian (92%) in Nigeria.

Ganagana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.99% less than the national average, earning R 73,680 per year.

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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 Ganagana
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