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Where Does The Last Name Gangan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Gangan (Bengali: গঙ্গাঁ, Georgian: განგან, Hindi: गंगन, Marathi: गांगण, Oriya: ଗାାନ, Russian: Ганган) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Gangañ or Gañgan. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gangan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 43,896^th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 615,606 people. The surname Gangan occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Gangan reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 74,186^th most common given name throughout the world, held by 7,504 people.

Gangan is most frequent in India, where it is held by 4,716 people, or 1 in 162,652. In India Gangan is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 84 percent are found, Gujarat, where 7 percent are found and Telangana, where 3 percent are found. Outside of India this last name exists in 51 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 22 percent are found and The Philippines, where 11 percent are found.

Gangan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Gangan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gangan last name grew 389 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gangan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (70%) in Russia and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Gangan surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

The amount Gangan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.72% more than the national average, earning R 358,176 per year and in United States they earn 20.04% less than the national average, earning $34,500 USD per year.