Gankpala Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gankpala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gankpala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankpala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gankpala is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gankpala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankpala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gankpala live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
Gankpala is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 293,902. In Liberia Gankpala is most frequent in: Bong County, where 60 percent live and Montserrado County, where 33 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonkpala | 88 | 106 | / |
| Ankpatla | 88 | 3 | / |
| Gankpalo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gonkpalah | 82 | 112 | / |
| Gangpatla | 82 | 3 | / |
| Gonkpallah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gangpalli | 71 | 24 | / |
| Gangpalle | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ngangpole | 59 | 10 | / |
| Hounkpealo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Gongpaulet | 56 | 1 | / |
| Ongpaulo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gankpala
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