Gandeka Surname
Approximately 595 people bear this surname
Gandeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 552 | 1:21,438 | 459 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Gandéka (1) are calculated separately.
Gandeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gandeka is carried by more people in Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Gandéka. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 540,057th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 12,247,976 people. The last name Gandeka is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gandeka reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Mande Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Guinea, where it is held by 552 people, or 1 in 21,438. In Guinea Gandeka is primarily concentrated in: Boké Region, where 77 percent reside, Conakry Region, where 22 percent reside and Kankan Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Gandeka
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