Gangira Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Gangira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 203 | 1:76,050 | 11,208 |
| Uganda | 69 | 1:565,787 | 30,812 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gangira (22) may also be a first name.
Gangira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gangira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gangira (Hindi: गंगीरा, Oriya: ଗି) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gangira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 937,786th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gangira live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gangira is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 22 people.
The last name Gangira is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 76,050. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 43 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent reside and Harare Province, where 12 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gangira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gangira in the Hindi language | ||
| गंगीरा | gangira | - |
| Gangira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗି | gi | - |
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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 Gangira
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