Gankon Surname
Approximately 681 people bear this surname
Gankon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 602 | 1:294,257 | 16,515 |
| Benin | 79 | 1:130,830 | 14,100 |
Gankon (55) may also be a first name.
Gankon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gankon is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 487,389th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. Gankon is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gankon are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 55 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 602 people, or 1 in 294,257. In Nigeria Gankon is most common in: Kaduna, where 74 percent live, Plateau, where 7 percent live and Kano, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 12 percent live.
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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 Gankon
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