Gandéga Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Gandéga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 416 | 1:9,843 | 1,017 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Gandega (4,959) are calculated separately.
Gandéga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandéga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gandéga is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Gandega. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandéga? popularity and diffusion
Gandéga is the 703,644th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname Gandéga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gandéga are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 9,843. In Mauritania it is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 76 percent are found, Guidimagha Region, where 10 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gandéga
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