Ganguwa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ganguwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ganguwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ganguwa (34) may also be a first name.

Ganguwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ganguwa (Hindi: गंगुवा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ganguwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganguwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Ganguwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Ganguwa live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 34 people.

The surname Ganguwa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 83 percent reside and Gombe, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Ganguwa is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ganguva862/
Ganguba861/
Gangiwa861/
Gangubai801,829/
Nganguwo801/
Gangauva801/
Gangowai801/
Gangubhai7520/
Gangaubai751/
Gangubaai751/
Ganghubhai714/
Ganguve711/
Ghanghubhai671/
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Ganguwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ganguwa in the Hindi language
गंगुवाganguva-

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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 Ganguwa
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