Gangba Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Gangba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 165 | 1:62,640 | 7,708 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gangba (56) may also be a first name.
Gangba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gangba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gangba is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gangba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gangba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gangba is the 1,144,405th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname Gangba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gangba reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gangba is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 56 people.
This surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 62,640. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 45 percent live, Mono Department, where 30 percent live and Littoral Department, where 8 percent live. Not including Benin this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
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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 Gangba
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