Gangtar Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Gangtar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gangtar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404

Gangtar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gangtar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gangtar is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gangtar.

How Common Is The Last Name Gangtar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,273,756th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Gangtar is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gangtar live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon Gangtar is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 92 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 5 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 46 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngangtar9310/
Gangthare886/
Ganctar861/
Gongtar861/
Gangtore805/
Ngongtar801/
Anktar771/
Anıktar7179/
Ankhtar7120/
Angtorp713/
Ankthar711/
Gongtor711/
Ongthor574/
Amkhtar573/
Ongtour571/

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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 Gangtar
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