Gangla Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Gangla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gangla (278) may also be a first name.
Gangla Demographics
Gangla Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gangla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gangla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gangla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﻼ, Hindi: गंगला, Marathi: गांगला, Tibetan: སྒང་ལ།) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gangla.
How Common Is The Last Name Gangla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gangla is the 1,434,893rd most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name Gangla is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Gangla are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 532,586th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 278 people.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya it is most common in: Siaya County, where 82 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 12 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent are found and Mauritania, where 11 percent are found.
Gangla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gangla surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gangla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gangla in the Hindi language | ||
| गंगला | gangala | - |
| Gangla in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒང་ལ། | gangla | 70.77 |
| གངས་ལ། | gangla | 10.77 |
| གང་ལ། | gangla | 4.62 |
| གང་ལ་ | gangla | 3.08 |
| གངས་ལ་ | gangla | 1.54 |
| སྒང་ལ་ | gangla | 1.54 |
| སྒངས་ལ། | gangla | 1.54 |
| སྒང་ལ | gangla | 1.54 |
| སྒང་ལོ། | ganglo | 1.54 |
| འགངས་ལ། | gangla | 1.54 |
| སྒང་ལཱ། | gangla | 1.54 |
| Gangla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﻜﻼ | knkla | 50 |
| ﻛﺎﻧﻜﻼ | kankla | 50 |
| Gangla in the Marathi language | ||
| गांगला | gangala | 50 |
| गांगल | gangala | 50 |
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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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- 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 Gangla
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