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 surname Gangla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﻼ, Hindi: गंगला, Marathi: गांगला, Tibetan: སྒང་ལ།) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gangla? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,434,893rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name 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. Gangla is also the 532,586th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 278 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya Gangla is primarily found in: Siaya County, where 82 percent live, Nairobi County, where 12 percent live and Nakuru County, where 5 percent live. Excluding Kenya Gangla exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent live and Mauritania, where 11 percent live.
Gangla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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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