Gangay Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Gangay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Gangay (2,516) may also be a first name.
Gangay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gangay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gangay (Bengali: গঙ্গায়, Hindi: गंगया, Marathi: गंगाय, Oriya: ଗାୟ, Tibetan: གང་གེ་) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gangay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gangay is the 1,551,568th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Gangay is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Gangay are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 74 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 147,094th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 2,516 people.
The last name Gangay is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 1,012,382. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 34 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 34 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 21 percent reside. Not including The Philippines Gangay occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent reside and Finland, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gangay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gangay in the Tibetan language | ||
| གང་གེ་ | ganggé | - |
| Gangay in the Bengali language | ||
| গঙ্গায় | gangaya | - |
| Gangay in the Hindi language | ||
| गंगया | gangaya | - |
| Gangay in the Marathi language | ||
| गंगाय | gangaya | 95.23 |
| गंगाराम | gangarama | 3.02 |
| मंगल | mangala | 0.23 |
| गांगाय | gangaya | 0.23 |
| गंगाजी | gangaji | 0.12 |
| गंगा | ganga | 0.12 |
| गांगू | gangu | 0.12 |
| गांगय | gangaya | 0.12 |
| वनये | vanaye | 0.12 |
| Gangay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାୟ | gaya | 85.29 |
| ଗାାୟ | gaaya | 14.71 |
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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
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- 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 Gangay
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